Paris will host the Olympics in a few days. They previously hosted them 100 years ago. Here is a small map of the 1924 Olympic venues.
Artist Pauline de Langre has some nice, artistic maps showing the venues in 1924 and 2024.
A bit hard to read at this scale but you can click above or here to see it better.
Here are screen shots of the central area for 1924 and 2024 respectively to compare them more easily.
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| 1924 |
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| 2024 |
It is easy to confuse the Stade de Paris (now Stade Bauer) and the Stade de France. Their locations are nearby but Stade de France is where many 2024 events including the closing ceremonies will be held. Most of the venues are different but the main 1924 stadium (Stade du Colombes, renamed Stade Yves-du-Manior) will still be used for Field Hockey. The famous Roland Garros tennis complex was built a few years after the 1924 Olympics and was used in World War II as a detention center for "undesirables", people whose big sin was being from the wrong countries or having Communist leanings.
These maps and other maps and drawing can be browsed in more detail here.
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