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Olympic Village
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Within Vinony's link graph, Olympic Village is referenced by 404 other articles, and connects out to 1924 Summer Olympics, 1928 Summer Olympics and 1920 Summer Olympics.
Vinony files it under 1932 introductions, Olympic Parks and Olympic venues.
Its subject is documented across 35 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- architectural ensemble
- Has use
- Olympic Games
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- Commons category
- Olympic villages
- topic's main category
- Category:Olympic Villages
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Encyclopedic overview
The Rio 2016 Olympic Village An Olympic Village is a residential complex built or reassigned for the Olympic Games in or nearby the host city for the purpose of accommodating all of the delegations. Olympic Villages are usually located close to the Olympic Stadium within an Olympic Park.
Olympic Villages are built to house all participating athletes during the two weeks of the Games, as well as officials and athletic trainers. After the Games are over, the Olympic Village nowadays is typically sold or rented to the local population and turned into a new residential zone.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Olympic Village” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.