Photo of Blenheim Palace, near Oxford

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Blenheim Palace, near Oxford

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Blenheim Palace, near Oxford
Woodstock, Oxfordshire, England
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One of the great stately homes of England, Blenheim was a gift from Queen Anne to John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, for his victory at the Battle of Blenheim, in the War of the Spanish Succession. Impossibly ornate, magnificently opulent - call it what you will, Blenheim is a staggering architectural achievement, the pinnacle of the short-lived Baroque style in Britain.

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