The whereabouts of the 1956 Melbourne Olympic torch meant to be on display at an Athenian Olympics museum remains a mystery.
From Athens, the torch boarded the “Belem,” a three-masted ship that dates back to 1896, the year of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens. The Belem transported the torch across the Mediterranean ...
Mystery surrounds the absence of Melbourne’s 1956 Olympic torch from a world-renowned display at the birthplace of the Modern ...
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Ahead of the ceremony every four years, the torch is first lit in Olympia, the founding site of the Olympics. It then travels through Greece to Athens, where it's handed to the delegations for the ...
The flame for the Paris 2024 Olympics has been lit in ancient Olympia and will be handed to the French organisers in Athens on Friday 26 April after an 11-day torch relay through Greece.
And I want to know why. Where is it? The Melbourne 1956 Olympic torch is the only one missing from the display at the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens. Picture: Athos Sirianos A poster is all we’ve ...