Olympic flame travels through the streets of Rome and Vatican
The Olympic flame arrived in Rome on Thursday in preparation for a two-month torch relay designed to stir excitement across Italy before the Winter Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo in February.
Italian Olympic tennis doubles champion, Jasmine Paolini, and Milano Cortina Games organising chief, Giovanni Malago, carried the lantern down the steps of an ITA Airways flight from Athens.
The torch relay will start on Saturday from Rome's fascist-era Stadio dei Marmi. The 12,000-km journey will take in all 20 Italian regions plus 110 provinces and pass through 60 Italian cities and 300 towns with a total of 10,001 torchbearers.
The flame will visit famous landmarks, including the Colosseum in Rome and the Grand Canal in Venice, with stops in southern cities such as Palermo and Naples to generate interest in areas where winter sports are not as prominent.
(Source: Reuters)
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