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Blenheim Palace and Gardens by UGArdener

We spent a wonderful day here in early July. Blenheim Palace makes a relatively easy day trip or even half-day trip from Oxford, with frequent public buses to Woodstock stopping right at the gates. We only saw a fraction of the vast parkland and gardens. The tour of the palace itself was well done and very informative. The full Wikipedia entry is very well done: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blenheim_Palace Here is a quote from the introduction: Blenheim Palace is a large and monumental country house situated in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England. It is the only non-episcopal country house in England to hold the title "palace". The Palace, one of England's largest houses, was built between 1705 and circa 1724. It was recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. Its construction was originally intended to be a gift to John Churchill, the 1st Duke of Marlborough from a grateful nation in return for military triumph against the French and Bavarians. However, it soon became the subject of political infighting, which led to Marlborough's exile, the fall from power of his Duchess, and irreparable damage to the reputation of the architect Sir John Vanbrugh. Designed in the rare, and short-lived, English baroque style, architectural appreciation of the palace is as divided today as it was in the 1720s.[1] It is unique in its combined usage as a family home, mausoleum and national monument. The palace is also notable as the birthplace and ancestral home of Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill. The plaque above the massive East gate gives a sanitised history of the palace's construction, reading: "Under the auspices of a munificent sovereign this house was built for John Duke of Marlborough and his Duchess Sarah, by Sir J Vanbrugh between the years 1705 and 1722. And the Royal Manor of Woodstock, together with a grant of £240,000 towards the building of Blenheim, was given by Her Majesty Queen Anne and confirmed by act of Parliament." The truth is that the building of the palace was a minefield of political intrigue, with scheming on a Machiavellian scale by Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough. Following the palace's completion, it has been the home of the Churchill family for the last 300 years, and various members of the family have in that period wrought various changes, in the interiors, park and gardens, some for the better, others for the worse. At the end of the 19th century, the palace and the Churchills were saved from ruin by an American marriage. Thus, the exterior of the palace remains in good repair and exactly as completed.
Blenheim Palace je turistička atrakcija, jedna od Palaces u gradu Woodstock, Ujedinjeno Kraljevstvo . Nalazi se: 241 km od Birmingham, 279 km od London, 620 km od Liverpool. Read further
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