All this month the Horse Palace at the Canadian National Exhibition grounds is hosting a horse show. An equine exhibition hall is a long way from sumptuous residences like Versailles, for which the word “palace” is more commonly used, and even further from the word's origins in ancient Rome. One of Rome's famous seven hills is the Palatine, in ancient times the site of the grandiose imperial residence, the palatium.
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