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The Palestra, often called the Cathedral of College Basketball, [2] [3] is a historic arena and the home gym of the Penn Quakers men's and women's basketball teams, volleyball teams, wrestling team, and Philadelphia Big 5 basketball.
The spelling is notable for the fact that it is usually spelled palestra in the United Kingdom, while in the United States it is spelled palaestra. This is a reverse of the usual rule for such words, where the ae/oe is used in British spelling but changed to e in American spelling.
Palestra is a youth international for Italy. In September 2023, he was called up to the Italy U18s for a set of friendlies. [ 4 ] In November 2023 he was called up to the Italy U19s for a set of 2024 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification matches.
According to a story recorded by Servius, Palaestra was a daughter of the Arcadian king Choricius, and sister to Plexippus and Enetus. Her two brothers would wrestle each other, and their father, finding the sight of them wrestling to be of aesthetic value, made it into a sports game.
The Palestra was a 4,000- to 5,000-seat arena best known for ice hockey, even hosting a Detroit Red Wings exhibition. It also hosted boxing matches and was open for public skating. It also hosted boxing matches and was open for public skating.
Grandiose (Corinthian) entrance building to the gymnasion, palaestra on left, dromoi on right. North end of dromoi in the gymnasion. The portico here is believed by some to have been a covered alternative to the uncovered running track for use when it rains.
Palestra Italia was forced to change its name and became Palestra São Paulo ("palestra" is a Greek word, loosely translated as "gymnasium," which therefore did not violate this rule). However, the change still did not soothe political and sporting pressures to alter the name completely.
Palestra Italia may refer to: Società Desportiva Palestra Itália, a club from São Paulo city, São Paulo state (1914) Società Sportiva Palestra Itália, a club from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state (1921) Estádio Palestra Itália, the official name of Palmeiras' former stadium, usually known as Estádio Parque Antártica