Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic torch relay to tour Italy.
Italy’s Frecce Tricolori jets will stage a spectacular flypast over Rome on Friday morning to mark the arrival of the Olympic flame for the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Games.
The flypast over the Quirinale Palace is scheduled to take place between 11.00 and midday, coinciding with an inauguration ceremony in the presence of Italy’s president Sergio Mattarella.
On Friday evening at 20.30, Rome will host a concert at the Stadio dei Marmi featuring performances by Mahmood, Noemi, The Kolors, Tananai and Carl Brave.
Il 5 dicembre, in occasione della cerimonia di inaugurazione del viaggio della Fiamma olimpica in Piazza del Quirinale, il #Tricolore si alzerà in volo.
Le #FrecceTricolori renderanno omaggio all’inizio di questo percorso sorvolando la Capitale con i colori dell’Italia pic.twitter.com/X7peBp1jlk
— Aeronautica Militare (@ItalianAirForce) December 2, 2025
The sacred flame, lit last week in Ancient Olympia, Greece, begins a two-month tour around Italy on Saturday in a relay spanning 12,000 kilometres and involving around 10,000 torchbearers.
The journey will conclude with the lighting of the Olympic cauldron in Milan on 6 February 2026, officially launching the Olympic Winter Games.
Photo credit LEONARDO VITI / Shutterstock.com.
