The Tacna Courthouse (''Casa Jurídica'') is located in the city of

Tacna Tacna, officially known as San Pedro de Tacna, is a city in southern Peru and the regional capital of the Tacna Region. A very commercially active city, it is located only north of the border with Arica y Parinacota Region from Chile, inland f ...

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

. The building played an important role in transferring the town from

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

to Peru in 1929.

History

The building was built in 1902 to a design by the Italian architect Alberto Figini. In 1926 the town was part of Chile, but this building was purchased by the Peruvian government to house the administration required to allow the town to prepare to become part of Peru.Legal House
DePeru.co, in Spanish, retrieved 6 September 2014 On August 28, 1929, in this building the parties signed the Act transferring Tacna to Peru. The deal had been negotiated by President

Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime Commission for Relief in Belgium and ...

to resolve a long-standing border dispute between Peru and Chile. Since 1880 the city of Tacna had belonged to Chile. In 1929 it was agreed that Peru would now include the city of Tacna, whereas

Arica Arica ( ; ) is a commune and a port city with a population of 222,619 in the Arica Province of northern Chile's Arica y Parinacota Region. It is Chile's northernmost city, being located only south of the border with Peru. The city is the ca ...

was confirmed as part of Chile. The courthouse is open to the public and it contains the Reincorporation Museum, the Tacna Art Gallery, and the Historic Departmental Archives.Tacna
, southamericandestination.com, retrieved 6 September 2014

References

{{reflist Museums in Peru Buildings and structures in the Department of Tacna Tourist attractions in the Department of Tacna Government buildings completed in 1902 Chile–Peru relations