Agitos installed on the Arc de Triomphe!

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Updated on 11/06/2024

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Vue sur l'Arc de Triomphe, habillé des Agitos, des Jeux Paralympiques de Paris 2024.
Crédit photo : Guillaume Bontemps / Ville de Paris

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The three agitos, symbols of the Paralympic Games, have been displayed on the Arc de Triomphe since the end of June, while the five Olympic rings were hung on the Eiffel Tower on June 6. In July, the Place de la Bastille in central Paris was also decorated.

The Place de la Bastille is decked out in rings and agitos:

Personnes se promenant Place de la Bastille
Credit Guillaume Bontemps / Ville de Paris
Personnes se promenant Place de la Bastille
Credit Guillaume Bontemps / Ville de Paris
Anneaux olympiques en premier plan sur la place de la Bastille
Credit Guillaume Bontemps / Ville de Paris

The agitos installed on the Arc de Triomphe

Vue sur l'Arc de Triomphe, habillé des Agitos, des Jeux Paralympiques de Paris 2024.
The Arc de Triomphe, dressed in Agitos, from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games.
Credit Guillaume Bontemps / Ville de Paris
Trois virgules rouge verte et bleue sur le fronton de l'Arc
The agitos were installed on June 28
Credit Guillaume Bontemps/Ville de Paris
Vue sur l'Arc de Triomphe, habillé des Agitos, des Jeux Paralympiques de Paris 2024.
Credit Guillaume Bontemps / Ville de Paris
The three "commas" in red, blue and green, which take their name from the Latin agito ("move"), now adorn the Arc de Triomphe, at the top of the Champs-Elysées (8th). On August 28, the Paralympic athletes will make their way down the world's most beautiful avenue to the Place de la Concorde, where the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games will take place.
Each agito, made from decarbonated steel, weighs 1.5 tonnes! In the evening, the agitos will be lit up in their full colors using the cathedral technique.
Did you know that each "agito" symbolizes movement, forming together a crescent-shaped figure? Agitos are also featured on the Paralympic flag.

The rings installed on the Iron Lady:

Des personnes sur le Trocadéro regardant
The Eiffel Tower (7th) in the colors of the Olympic rings
Credit Jean-Baptiste Gurliat / Ville de Paris
La tour Eiffel s'est parée de ses anneaux olympiques.
On Thursday June 6, the Eiffel Tower was decked out in its Olympic rings.
Credit Henri Garat / Ville de Paris
Les anneaux olympiques de nuit.
Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower between the 1st and 2nd floors!
Credit Jean-Baptiste Gurliat / Ville de Paris
La tour Eiffel s'est parée de ses anneaux olympiques.
View of the Eiffel Tower (7th) and the Olympic rings from the Trocadéro Olympic site (16th) under construction.
Credit Guillaume Bontemps / Ville de Paris
Les anneaux olympiques de la tour Eiffel de nuit.
The Olympic rings by night.
Credit Jean-Baptiste Gurliat / Ville de Paris
La tour Eiffel s'est parée de ses anneaux olympiques.
On Thursday June 6, the Eiffel Tower (7th arrondissement) was decked out in its Olympic rings.
Credit Guillaume Bontemps / Ville de Paris
The symbol of Olympism on Paris' most emblematic landmark! The five Olympic rings were installed last night on the Eiffel Tower (7th arrondissement), just fifty days before the start of the Olympic Games.
The structure is 29 meters wide and 15 meters high. Each ring is 9 meters in diameter, with a total weight of 30 tons.
They were hoisted between the first and second floors of the building using two cranes and a team of rope access technicians.
On August 31, the Mayor of Paris expressed her wish to keep the Olympic rings on the Eiffel Tower and the agitos on the Arc de Triomphe.

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