A new emblematic monument of the capital, in the colors of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. After the Olympic rings installed on the Eiffel Tower, it is the turn of the Agitos to be installed on the Arc de Triomphe this Friday, June 28.
The installation began at midnight, and since 7am this morning, they have been adorning the top of the monument located at the top of the “most beautiful avenue in the world”, the Champs-Élysées.
A structure 12 meters wide and 9 meters high
The impressive structure measures 12 meters wide by 9 meters high. Agitos mean “I move” in Latin, echoing the Paralympic motto “spirit in motion”.
For Tony Estanguet, head of the Paris Olympics organizing committee, evokes a symbol that is all the more important two months before the start of the Paralympic Games, on August 28.
“This is a new important step for Paris 2024,” he greets.
He adds: “After the rings on the Eiffel Tower, we are very proud to be able to adorn these Agitos on the Arc de Triomphe, at the top of the Champs-Élysées. The two main monuments of Paris: the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triumph, we now see ourselves dressed in the colors of the Olympics. We are very proud of that, it is a very important symbol.
“A unit”
Tony Estanguet says that this is “the first time that the Agitos will be so visible during the Olympic Games.” “It was important for us on this project from the beginning: to show that it is a unity between the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games,” he concludes.
The Agitos will remain displayed until the end of the Paralympics on September 8.
The Agitos are not the only symbol of these Olympic and Paralympic Games installed on the Champs-Élysées. A sculpture by Alison Saar was inaugurated last Sunday, June 23, in the Charles-Aznavour garden.
It represents a black woman holding an olive branch and a golden flame, seated in the middle of six seats from all continents: it is the sculpture designed by the American artist Alison Island for the JO from Paris and the Paralympics.
Original article published on RMC Sport
