The Paris Olympics have been designed to showcase the City of Light in all its splendour, with events taking place at iconic locations.
AFP looks at five sites set to wow ticket-holders — and a global TV audience of billions — during the 17-day extravaganza starting on July 26:
– Eiffel Tower –
The most famous of the Paris landmarks, the Eiffel Tower, will welcome beach volleyball.
The action will take place in a temporary venue near the foot of the “Iron Lady”.
Next door, the Champs de Mars park at the foot of the tower will host judo and wrestling.
Reviled by some Parisians when it was unveiled in 1889 for the World Fair by engineer Gustave Eiffel, the Eiffel Tower has become the capital’s symbol.
Besides being one of the world’s top tourist attractions, pulling in seven million visitors a year, it is also a working telecoms tower, used for radio and …