The Flame Journey of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games reached Cortina d'Ampezzo, arriving in one of the most emblematic places in Italian Olympic history. Exactly seventy years after the opening of the VII Winter Olympic Games, the Flame returned to the location that first brought Italy to the centre of the Winter Olympic scene, renewing a deep bond between memory and contemporary vision. The final lighting transformed the arrival into a collective celebration, sealing the encounter between the Cortina of the 1956 Games and the one that, seventy years later, is preparing to return to the spotlight as part of the widespread project of Milan Cortina 2026, on January 26, 2026, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. Photo by Thomas Gaspari Bandion/ABACAPRESS.COM