Formerly the headquarters of the Ministry of Education, it's the main location of the Superior Court of Justice of Lima, part of the Judiciary of Peru.

[1] Construction began on the building on October 27, 1952 and was inaugurated on July 17, 1954 as part of the public works carried out during the Ochenio of General Manuel A.

[1] President Odría and his Ministry of Education, Juan Mendoza Rodríguez [es], were present both at the laying of the first stone and at the inauguration of the now completely constructed building.

[1] Its design was in charge of the Peruvian architect Enrique Seoane Ros,[1] who carried out numerous and varied preliminary projects for this building before embodying the final idea, combining the classicist and modern styles in a structure that satisfied Odría's constructive expectations.

[1] The central block reaches 87.50 meters in height and was the tallest public building in the country for many years (until the construction in 1974 of the Lima Civic Center).