The Olympic flame arrived in Paris on Bastille Day, less than two weeks before the start of the Olympic Games in the French capital.
Just 12 days before the French capital hosts the 2024 Summer Olympics, the torch relay brought together thousands of soldiers, sailors, emergency workers and doctors in Paris on Sunday for the traditional Bastille Day parade.
The parade ended with the arrival of the flame, escorted by riders, torchbearers and young athletes dressed in the five Olympic colours, forming the five Olympic rings interlocked with each other.
The first torchbearer, Colonel Thibault Vallette, gold medalist in equestrian sports at the 2016 Rio Olympics, was the first to pass on the flame.
Traditionally, the parade starts from the Arc de Triomphe and ends at the Place de la Concorde, where the last king and queen of France were beheaded.
But in this Olympic year, the Concorde will host the breakdancing, skateboarding and BMX events. The parade route has therefore moved to the Bois de Boulogne.
The torch relay was then scheduled to pass by Notre Dame Cathedral, the Sorbonne University and the Louvre Museum before heading to other iconic Paris locations on Monday.
