page_title: Palaestra
hierarchical_section_title: Palaestra
caption_attribution_description: Ελληνικά: Παλαίστρα Ολυμπίας«Παλαίστρα Ολυμπίας» This is a photo of a monument in Greece identified by the ID GR-G14-0050
context_page_description: A palaestra was the site of ancient Greek wrestling schools. Events requiring little space, such as boxing and wrestling, were practised there. The palaestra functioned both independently and as a part of public gymnasia; a palaestra could exist without a gymnasium, but no gymnasium could exist without a palaestra.
context_section_description: A palaestra (/pəˈliːstrə/ or /-ˈlaɪ-/; also (chiefly British) palestra; Greek: παλαίστρα) was the site of ancient Greek wrestling schools. Events requiring little space, such as boxing and wrestling, were practised there. The palaestra functioned both independently and as a part of public  gymnasia; a palaestra could exist without a gymnasium, but no gymnasium could exist without a palaestra.
caption: Palaestra at Olympia, Greece
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