Palais de Justice, Paris

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The Palais de Justice is located in the Île de la Cité in central Paris, France.

It is built on the site of the former royal palace of Saint Louis, of which the Sainte Chapelle remains.

It houses various courts:

• the Paris court of large claims;
• the Paris correctional court;
• the Paris Court of Appeal;
• the French Cour de cassation (highest jurisdiction in the French judicial order).

It also houses the Conciergerie, a former prison, now a museum, notable because Marie Antoinette was imprisoned there before being executed on the guillotine.

Security is maintained by gendarmes.

[edit] External links

• A visit of the Hall of Justice (official site of the Paris Court of Appeal)