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2008 Summer Olympics cauldron

The 2008 Summer Olympics cauldron (Chinese: 2008年夏季奥运会火炬塔; pinyin: 2008 nián xiàjì àoyùnhuì huǒjù tǎ) is the Olympic flame holder that was used during the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. It was first lit on 8 August 2008, as part of the opening ceremony of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and last extinguished as part of the closing ceremony of the games of the Paralympics on September 17. Originally located on the inside roof of the Beijing National Stadium, it was relocated to outside the stadium on the Olympic Green following the completion of the Games.

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• ▸Historiography of Colonial Spanish America
• ▸History of Ethiopia
• ▸Bartlett–Russell–Hedge House

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