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The Justice Palace At
the entrance to the city there stands the imposing building of the
Palace of Justice, designed (1907 - 1911) by the architect Α.
Stamatiades and built at the expense of Andreas Syngros, the great
benefactor. It includes a court of justice of the peace, magisterial
court, court of the first instance, a criminal court and a court of
appea1. There are political records here preserved since the time of
the Revolution. The records of Kolokotronis' trial were kept in the
Palace of Justice until 1963. At
the South end of the Palace of Justice square there is a statue of
Nikitaras (1) with the following verses by Kostis Palamas (2) Carved in the stone, motionless there stands General Nikitaras, the Killer of the Turks the
Nation's defender. He
keeps forever blooming the
glorious laurel of the Greeks both in the sacred fire of war and ίn
dangers. Nikitas Stamatelopou1os or Nikitaras, the Turk-Killer, as he was named after the defeat at Dramalis' Army (Ju1y 26 - 28 / 1822), was the chief captain during the siege of Nauplion, which started on April
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