The palace and surrounding gardens were designated as a ... Track & field will return to the Stade de France for the Paris Olympics, and the stadium will also host the Closing Ceremony. The stadium ...

Versailles Palace and Place de la Concorde, as well as in sites across seven more cities in France and in Tahiti. As many as three to four million people are expected to attend the Olympics in Paris.

is hosting the Olympics' equestrian events. The palace was built in the 17th century by the "Sun King" Louis XIV, who craved a symbol of France's prominence as a European superpower and his perceived ...

Anssi's director Vincent Strubel, told France Inter radio that for example, a pro-Russian group "threatened to attack sewage treatment plants, to pollute the Seine during the Olympic Games".

"France submitted a bid to host these Olympics a few months after the 2015 ... by the Eiffel Tower and equestrian jumping at the Palace of Versailles. The opening ceremony will see athletes ...

Enjoy taking a look back at Horse & Hound’s coverage of the showjumping competitions at the Paris Olympics ... both on location at the Palace of Versailles and working from the UK, kept readers ...