A detail of the official posters for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, by French artistic director Joachim Roncin and artist Ugo Gattoni, is seen during a presentation in Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris, France, Feb 20, 2024. (PHOTO / REUTERS)

PARIS - With a nod to Surrealism and an obsession with detail, the official posters for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, unveiled on Monday, highlight the capital's historic monuments and sports facilities.

The respective posters for the Olympic and Paralympic Games, designed by Parisian artist Ugo Gattoni, complement each other to form a double poster.

They illustrate the main historical monuments in Paris, such as the Eiffel Tower, the Arc de Triomphe and the Grand Palais.

French artist Ugo Gattoni (left) and head of design for Paris 2024 Joachim Roncin pose next to the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic posters in Ivry-sur-Seine outside Paris, on Feb 20, 2024. (PHOTO / AP)

They also show the sports venues and facilities to be used during the Olympic and Paralympic Games: the Stade de France, the River Seine and the Pont Alexandre III, but also the sea, in a reference to Marseille and the Teahupoo surfing site in Tahiti.

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The official posters are inspired by the surrealist artistic movement, with a level of precision and detail unprecedented in the history of the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Through this artistic choice, Paris 2024 is paying tribute to the "Surrealist Manifesto" written by Andre Breton and published in 1924, the year of the last Olympic Games to be held in the French capital.

The official posters for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, by French artistic director Joachim Roncin and artist Ugo Gattoni, are displayed during a presentation in Ivry-sur-Seine, near Paris, France, on Feb 20, 2024. (PHOTO / REUTERS)

The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic posters are unveiled at the Musee d'Orsay, in Paris on March 4, 2024. (PHOTO / AP)

Eight official mascots of Paris 2024 are hidden in these posters in a thinly veiled reference to the children's puzzle book series "Where's Wally?"

"This represents some 2,000 hours of work," Gattoni told reporters.

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The posters will be displayed at the Musee d'Orsay until Monday.