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Before February, the Olympic torch will set out on a 12,000-kilometre (7,455 mi) journey across Italy for two months. winter OlympicsOrganizers say.
The relay will visit sites like Rome colosseum and the Grand Canal of Venice. It extended to southern cities such as Palermo and Naples to generate enthusiasm in areas where winter sports Less popular.
Games co-hosted match and Cortina d’Ampezzo, running from 6-22 February.
Giovanni Malago, President of the Milano Cortina 2026 Foundation, said: “Every step of the relay through our cities will remind the world of the power of sport to build bridges and break down barriers,” adding that the journey will celebrate “the essence of Italy”.
The flame begins its journey on 26 November OlympiaGreek home of ancient games. Italian officials will receive the torch in Athens on 4 December, with the Italian leg of the journey starting in Rome two days later.
The torch will spend Christmas in Naples, before moving to the southern city of Bari to celebrate the New Year. It will arrive in Cortina on January 26 – exactly 70 years after the opening ceremony of the 1956 Games.
The relay will start at 7:30 am each day. (6:30 a.m. GMT), before concluding with the lighting of the cauldron in the final city of the day 12 hours later.
It will culminate in Milan entering the San Siro stadium for the opening ceremony on the evening of 6 February.
Next year’s Winter Olympics will mark the third time Italy has hosted the Games.
The Games were first held in Cortina, Italy in 1956, but the European nation had to wait for another 50 years for its next opportunity to host.
In 2006, the Winter Olympics took place in Turin, and in February, they will head to Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo.