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Skiers on the slopes at Alpe d’Huez ski resort in the French Alps

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Surrounding villages and resorts

Alpe d’Huez ski resort in the French Alps, Jan. 1, 2022. Primarily used for Alpine skiing nowadays, Alpe d’Huez was the host to the bobsleigh events at the 1968 Olympic Winter Games.

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Grenoble 1968: The “City of the Alps” comes of age

Host of the Alpine skiing events of the 1968 Olympic Winter Games, Chamrousse ski resort is also a popular summer destination, Aug. 6, 2020.

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Local ski resorts go from strength to strength 

The Palais des Sports, also known as the Stade Olympique de Glace, at the Paul Mistral Park was the host of the ice hockey arena and the figure skating events during 1968 Olympic Winter Games, Aug. 7, 2015

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Grenoble venues

A bird’s eye view over the streets of Grenoble. The staging of the 1968 Olympic Winter Games stimulated the development of the Isère department’s road, rail and air transport systems.

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An enhanced transport system     

The Malherbe mural decorating the ten-storey former Media Centre commemorates the 1968 Olympic Winter Games, Nov. 2018.

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The Olympic Village and Media Centre

A map presenting an overview of the venues within and outside Grenoble from the 1968 Olympics. Many of the venues have remained in use, with only two closed down.

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Overview 

A television camera capturing the womens’ downhill ski event (location) during the Olympic Winter Games in 1968, Feb. 6, 1968.

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At the cutting edge of technology

Opening ceremony of the ISF 1st School Winter Game held for the 50th Anniversary of Grenoble 1968 at the Palais des Sports (or “Le Stade Olympique de Glace”), Feb. 5, 2018.

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Grenoble 1968 remembered 

The Paul Mistral Park hosts a portion of the almost 150 sculptures commissioned for the Symposium of Sculpture, held in the summer of 1967, Apr. 7, 2015.