2008

SJ6200 : The birthplace of the modern Olympic Games

taken 16 years ago, near to Much Wenlock, Shropshire, England

The birthplace of the modern Olympic Games
The birthplace of the modern Olympic Games
William Penny Brookes, a local doctor, revived the Olympic Games on this field in the mid 19th century. By 1870 it had become a leading athletics meeting. In 1890 some foreigner named 'de Coubertin' visited the Games and in 1896 organised the first international games in Athens (any American reading this, that's Athens, Greece not Athens, Georgia). But for a local Shropshire doctor would we have the spectacular meetings we now endure, sorry, enjoy every 4 years. In the background are the remains of the Much Wenlock windmill.

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SJ6200, 326 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Row17   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Wednesday, 2 July, 2008   (more nearby)
Submitted
Monday, 7 July, 2008
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 624 005 [100m precision]
WGS84: 52:36.0589N 2:33.3597W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SJ 624 003
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