Palaestra was a gymnasium intended to serve as means of propaganda to inculcate Imperial ideology in minds of younger generations.
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Gps Coordinates / 40.750593,14.4939736
Pompei Roman Ruins VR Archeology Great Gym
QF2V+6HQ Pompei, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy
In compliance with a decree issued by the Emperor, the town's youths were organized into associations called 'collegia iuvenum'. Intended for the physical and intellectual training of young citizens
It was built in the Augustan period, at the beginning of the 1st century AD
Gps Coordinates / 40.7506323,14.4936898
This was the largest of all the public spaces reserved for the use of young people.
Date of excavation: 1935-1939.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7506183 / Gps Link 40.7506569 / Gps Link 40.751295
Gps Coordinates / 40.7506183,14.4936508 / 40.7506569,14.4947117 / 40.751295,14.4932133
The palaestra measures 141 metres by 107 metres and is surrounded by a high wall with ten entrance gates.
Many erotic or poetic graffiti have been left by visitors on the walls and columns.
Link Location Gps / Gps Link 40.7512207 / Gps Link 40.7512633 / Gps Link 40.7507776
Gps Coordinates / 40.7512207,14.4930162 / 40.7512633,14.4934083 / 40.7507776,14.4947504
On three sides it is enclosed by colonnades of 48 columns on the longer side and 35 columns on each of the shorter sides.
Swimming-pool measuring 35 metres by 22 metres situated right in the middle of the palaestra.
Gps Coordinates / 40.7506323,14.4936898
Numerous victims were found during the excavation who had looked for a refuge or a way to escape through the building in vain.
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