100 Days until Paris 2024 Summer Olympics-the flame has been lit.
https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/paris-games-100-days-out-april-17-1.7175746
The mascots will be Phryges hats The mascots for Paris 2024 are inspired by the Phrygian cap of the French Revolution
Image: Courtesy of Paris 2024 via Instagram
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From an article we are told, "A French painting commemorating the July Revolution of 1830, shows a woman leading a group of people forward, surrounded by barricades and the bodies of the fallen. Holding the flag of the French Revolution, which then became the national flag of France, she wears a Phrygian cap on her head. French artist Eugène Delacroix, the painter behind theLiberty Leading the People or La Liberté guidant le peuple is alleged to have used the Phrygian cap on the woman’s head as a symbol of liberty during the first French Revolution of 1789. Over 192 years later, Paris, is set to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. The Phrygian cap was chosen as an inspiration for their mascot design." Source: news-the-phryges-caps-of-the-french-revolution-turn-mascots-of-paris-2024
The painting Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix
Image: Erich Lessing Culture and Fine Arts Archives via artsy.net, Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
“At Paris 2024, we wanted mascots that would embody our vision and be able to share it with the French people and the world. Rather than an animal, our mascots represent an ideal. The Phrygian cap is a symbol of liberty. Since it is familiar to us and appears on our stamps and the pediments of our town halls, it also represents French identity and spirit,” states Tony Estanguet, President of Paris 2024, in an official statement.
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