A building or gymnasium designed for performing calisthenics; a space dedicated to physical exercise using bodyweight movements.
From Greek kalos (beautiful) + sthenos (strength) plus Latin -eum (a place), forming a term for an institution dedicated to physical exercise.
The root kalos (beautiful) in calistheneum reveals an ancient Greek ideal—they didn't just want to be strong, they wanted to be beautifully strong, which is why the word literally means 'place of beautiful strength.'
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