(prytaneum) [MC]
A Greek town hall in which a fire was always kept burning on the altar of Hestia as a sign of the city's continuity with its past.
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A Greek town hall in which a fire was always kept burning on the altar of Hestia as a sign of the city's continuity with its past.
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