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HISTORICAL FACTS: Paris removes olympic rings from eiffel tower - The Untold Story

Cranes remove the Olympic rings from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, on 27 September, 2024. AFP - GEOFFROY VAN DER HASSELT

The Olympic rings that have adorned the Eiffel Tower since June were removed early Friday, although the Paris City Hall hopes to replace them with a more permanent structure until 2028.

The iconic five-coloured rings – 29 metres long and 15 metres high – were placed between the first and first floors of the iron structure of the Eiffel Tower on 7 June ahead of the Paris Olympics this summer.

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