“What is the meaning of life? That was all- a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years, the great revelation had never come. The great revelation perhaps never did come. Instead, there were little daily miracles, illuminations, matches struck unexpectedly in the dark; here was one.”
― from TO THE LIGHTHOUSE By Virginia Woolf, 1927
The 2024 Summer Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques d'été de 2024), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad and officially branded as Paris 2024, is an international multi-sport event taking place from 24 July to 11 August 2024 in France, with the opening ceremony having taken place on 26 July. Paris is the host city, with events held in 16 additional cities spread across Metropolitan France, and one subsite in Tahiti, French Polynesia.[4]
Paris was awarded the Games at the 131st IOC Session in Lima, Peru, on 13 September 2017. After multiple withdrawals that left only Paris and Los Angeles in contention, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) approved a process to concurrently award the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympics to the two remaining candidate cities; both of the bids were praised for high technical plans and innovative ways to use a record-breaking number of existing and temporary facilities. Having previously hosted in 1900 and 1924, Paris becomes the second city ever to host the Summer Olympics three times (after London, which hosted the 1908, 1948, and 2012 Games).[5][6] Paris 2024 marks the centenary of Paris 1924 and Chamonix 1924 (which in turn marks the centenary of the Winter Olympics), is the sixth Olympic Games hosted by France (three Summer Olympics and three Winter Olympics) and the first French Olympics since the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville. The Summer Games returns to the traditional four-year Olympiad cycle, after the 2020 edition was postponed until 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The six candidate cities were Paris, Hamburg, Boston, Budapest, Rome, and Los Angeles. The bidding process was slowed by withdrawals, political uncertainty, and deterring costs. Boston surpassed Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, in the official US bid. On 27 July 2015, Boston and the USOC mutually agreed to terminate Boston's bid to host the Games, partly because of mixed feelings in the city of Boston. Hamburg withdrew its bid on 29 November 2015 after holding a referendum.[12] Rome withdrew on 21 September 2016, citing fiscal difficulties.[13] Budapest withdrew on 22 February 2017, after a petition against the bid collected more signatures than necessary for a referendum.[14][15][16]
Following these withdrawals, the IOC Executive Board met on 9 June 2017 in Lausanne, Switzerland, to discuss the 2024 and 2028 bid processes.[17][18] The International Olympic Committee formally proposed electing the 2024 and 2028 Olympic host cities at the same time in 2017, a proposal which an Extraordinary IOC Session approved on 11 July 2017 in Lausanne.[18] The IOC set up a process whereby the LA 2024 and Paris 2024 bid committees met with the IOC to discuss which city would host the Games in 2024 and 2028 and whether it was possible to select the host cities for both at the same time.[19]
Following the decision to award the two games simultaneously, Paris was understood to be the preferred host for 2024. On 31 July 2017, the IOC announced Los Angeles as the sole candidate for 2028,[20][21] enabling Paris to be confirmed as host for 2024. Both decisions were ratified at the 131st IOC Session on 13 September 2017.[22]
The basketball preliminaries and handball finals will be held in Lille, which is 225 km (140 mi) from the host city, Paris; the sailing and some of the football games will be held in the Mediterranean city of Marseille, which is 777 km (483 mi) from Paris; meanwhile, the surfing events are expected to be held in Teahupo'o village in the overseas territory of French Polynesia, which is 15,716 km (9,765 mi) from Paris. Football will also be hosted in an additional five cities: Bordeaux, Décines-Charpieu (Lyon), Nantes, Nice and Saint-Étienne, some of which are home to Ligue 1 clubs.
A viewing party for the 2020 Summer Olympics at Jardins du Trocadéro, which hosted the official protocol for the opening ceremonyThe Olympic cauldron at the Tuileries Garden.
The opening ceremony began at 19:30 (CEST, GMT+2) on 26 July 2024.[102] Directed by Thomas Jolly,[103][104][105] the opening ceremony of a Summer Olympics was held outside of a traditional stadium setting for the first time: the parade of athletes was conducted as a boat parade along the Seine from Pont d'Austerlitz to Pont d'Iéna, with cultural segments taking place at various landmarks along the route; Jolly stated that the ceremony would highlight notable moments in the history of France, with an overall theme of love and "shared humanity".[106] Protocolar elements took place at a temporary venue constructed on Place du Trocadéro in front of the Eiffel Tower.[107] Approximately 326,000 tickets were sold for viewing locations along the Seine, 222,000 of which were distributed primarily to the Games' volunteers, youth, and low-income families among others.[108]
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Book under slipcase. Text by Paul Valery, illustrated by 25 original unsigned lithographs by Hans Erni (in which 12 in hors-text). André and Pierre Gonin Ed., Lausanne.
Edition : In total 516 copies on different papers
Number : Collaborator's copy
Paper : Japanese paper for the text and the lithographs
Illustration size : Various sizes
Paper size (or piece size) : 34,7 x 45,7 cm
Reference : Cramer n°41, Monod n°10898
Condition : A little bump on the slipcase, otherwise very good.
Price : 500 euros (other currencies for information only)
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