Brest region has been revealed as the first region to welcome the 2nd European Games Flame of Peace torch relay in Belarus.
The Flame of Peace, which will start its journey at the Ara Pacis in Rome on 3 May, will arrive at the Polish-Belarusian border near Brest on 12 May. After carrying the torch to the Brest Hero Fortress Memorial, a concert will take place in Lenina Square in Brest at 19.00.
Besides Brest, the torch relay will pass through five more Belarusian cities before arriving in Minsk: Baranovichi, Pinsk, Mikashevichi, Kossovo and Kamenets. Among other important personalities, torchbearers will include also Olympic sprinter champion Yuliya Nesterenko, First Deputy Information Minister Pavel Lyogky, composer Eduard Khanok, musician Igor Kornelyuk, singers Teo and German and soloist of the Bolshoi Theater Vladimir Gromov.
About the route of the 2nd European Games Flame of Peace
The Flame Lighting Ceremony and the start of the Torch Relay will take place at the historical and emblematic monument “Ara Pacis” in Rome on 3 May 2019. The Ara Pacis Augustae (Latin, “Altar of Augustan Peace”; commonly shortened to Ara Pacis) is an altar located in the Italian capital dedicated to Pax, the Roman goddess of Peace. The monument was commissioned by the Roman Senate on July 4, 13 BC to honor the return of Augustus to Rome after three years in Hispania and Gaul and consecrated on January 30, 9 BC.
From this very iconic site, the athletes of the Belarusian Climbing and Mountaineering Federation will bring the Flame of Peace to the top of Mont Blanc on 4—7 May 2019. After that, the torch will proceed its journey towards Belarus by road, passing through several European countries, such as Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Poland with visits to their relevant NOCs.
In each country, there will be an official presentation of the Torch Relay symbols — the Flame of Peace and the Olive Tree, which are the most all-encompassing elements of the European Games aimed at promoting the Olympic values of peace, unity and friendship.
