Vredespaleis

Peace Palace
Dutch: Vredespaleis
The Peace Palace, The Hague
General information
Architectural style	Neo-Renaissance
Town or city	The Hague
Country	Netherlands
Coordinates	52°05′12″N 4°17′44″E / 52.0866°N 4.2955°E / 52.0866; 4.2955
Current tenants	International Court of Justice and Permanent Court of Arbitration
Groundbreaking	1907
Opened	28 August 1913
Cost	US$1.5 million ($40,000,000, adjusted for inflation)
Owner	Carnegie Foundation (Netherlands)
Affiliation	United Nations
Design and construction
Architect	Louis M. Cordonnier
Awards and prizes	European Heritage Label
Website
www.vredespaleis.nl

Coordinates: 52°05′12″N 4°17′44″E / 52.0866°N 4.2955°E / 52.0866; 4.2955

The Peace Palace (Dutch: Vredespaleis; pronounced [ˈvreːdəspaˌlɛis]) is an international law administrative building in The Hague, the Netherlands. It houses the International Court of Justice (which is the principal judicial body of the United Nations), the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the Hague Academy of International Law and the Peace Palace Library.

The Palace officially opened on 28 August 1913, and was originally built to provide a home for the PCA, a court created to end war by the Hague Convention of 1899.Andrew Dickson White, whose efforts were instrumental in creating the court, secured from Scottish-American steel magnate Andrew Carnegie US$1.5 million ($40,000,000, adjusted for inflation) to build the Peace Palace. The European Heritage Label was awarded to the Peace Palace on 8 April 2014.