Palestra Itália

Palestra Itália was a common name Brazilian football clubs that were founded by Italian immigrants. The term Palestra (from Greek palaistra παλαίστρα, Ringer school ') describes in the Italian language a gym.

Clubs

After the war, Brazil's entry on the Allied side in the Second World War in 1942, many clubs with names that made ​​reference to the Axis powers Italy and Germany were encouraged to try this on " brasilianisieren ".

Have been renamed inter alia

The Palestra Itália Futebol Clube from Curitiba is one of the predecessor clubs of Colorado EC, which in turn came up in 1989 at the Paraná Clube.

Stadium

Estádio Palestra Itália is the official name of the stadium of Palmeiras, which is also known as Estádio Parque Antarctica.