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THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES - MUCH WENLOCK
Much Wenlock inspired the birth of the Modern Olympic Games. Dr William Penny Brookes set up the Wenlock Olympian Society in the Shropshire town in 1850, the society ran annual sporting competitions the Wenlock Olympian Games - open to all social classes. Brookes admired Greece's Athenian democratic ideals and its Olympic sporting games and ideals. In 1890 Brookes invited the French Baron, Pierre De Coubertin, to the Wenlock Olympian Games. De Coubertin went on to found the International Olympic Committee, and credited Dr William Penny Brookes with the rebirth of the Olympic Games. The London 2012 Olympic Games featured two mascots, one named Wenlock in recognition of the town's role in the creation of the Modern Olympic Games. See on the Map-olah Map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Birthplace_of_the_Modern_Olympic_Games_-_Much_Wenlock
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