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palestra::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | palaestra |
| Type of | athletic field, field, playing area, playing field |
Examples of palestra
palestra
Roman bathhouses often contained a courtyard, or palestra, which was an open-air garden used for exercise.
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Sometimes the palestra held a swimming pool.
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In some cases the builders made the palestra an interior courtyard, and in other cases the builders placed the palestra in front of the bathhouse proper and incorporated it into the formal approach.
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- A public place in ancient Greece or Rome devoted to the training of wrestlers and other athletes
- The Palestra, also known as the Cathedral of College Basketball, is a historic arena and the home gym of the University of Pennsylvania Quakers men's and women's basketball teams, volleyball teams, wrestling team, and Philadelphia Big 5 basketball. Located at 215 South 33rd St. ...
- Palaistra (Greek: u03A0u03B1u03BBu03B1u03AFu03C3u03C4u03C1u03B1, Macedonian Slavic: u0411u043Eu0440u0435u0448u043Du0438u0446u0430, Boreu0161nica) is a village in the Florina regional unit, Greece.
- Exercise courts at Roman baths.
- (Warsaw, since 1957)
