Pallone
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Pallone is the name of several traditional ball games, played in all regions of Italy, with few differences in regulations.
Pallone col bracciale team, middle 19th century
Sphaeristerium
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Sphaeristerium is a term in Classical architecture given to a large open space connected with the Roman thermae for exercise with balls after the bather had been anointed. They were also provided in R
Pallone
…Four kinds of pallone are now played: it is played in particular sports venue called sphaeristerium, or in Italian sferisterio, 80 metres long and 18 metres wide with a lateral wall which is 20 metres high and permits the rebound of the ball. In this…
Sferisterio delle Cascine at Florence, 19th century