The Palace of justice is the principal residence of the Supreme court of Peru and the symbol of the judiciary. It is located downtown Lima, across from the Mall of naval heroes. The idea of construction of the Palace appeared in the days of the reign of Augusto Leguia. The building was finished in 10 years, during the reign of the new President Oscar Benavides, in 1939.

At the entrance to the building of the Palace of justice on two sides of the main stairs there are two marble lions. According to popular tradition, the residents of Peru, honoring the strength and wisdom of tigers and lions, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries tried to decorate their statues, palaces and parks. After the Pacific war (1979-1883 yy) only a small part of them remained in their places, the bulk of the marble statues of lions were moved to the Paseo colón in downtown Lima.

The facade of the building in neoclassical style was designed by Polish architect Bruno Paproski, which was inspired by the Palace of justice, built in Brussels (Belgium) by the architect Joseph Puerta in an eclectic style with Greco-Roman elements of the dome. For opening day the Palace of justice in Lima in 1939 was minted commemorative bronze medal with a print of a General view of the Palace of Justice, which has some similarities with the Palacio del Congreso de La nación in Buenos Aires.

With the growth and development of the state, most of the ships were forced to settle down in other areas. Currently in the Palace of Justice is only the Supreme court, the Collegium for criminal matters of the judicial district of Lima, the Archive (in the basement), the Association of lawyers of Lima and several criminal courts of first instance in Peru. Also in the basement of the building is a prison for pretrial detention of persons over whom hangs the arrest or provisional arrest, for quick access to the judges and their assistants in the performance of official duties to these persons.