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Blenheim Park

Blenheim Park,estate, Oxfordshire, central England, near Woodstock. The stately Blenheim Palace was designed by Sir JohnVanbrughand stands on spacious grounds that included entensive formal gardens that were removed in the 1760s when CapabilityBrownredesigned the parklands. Seat of the dukes of Marlborough, the palace was the gift of Queen Anne to the first duke in honor of his victories in the War of the Spanish Succession. Its construction lasted from 1706 to 1729.

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