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Created 6 Feb 2009.  
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UK ENGLAND WOODSTOCK BLENHEIM PALACE 26MAY04 - Interiors and exteriors of the palace and its surrounding gardens.

The name Blenheim derives from a decisive battle that took place on the 13th August 1704 on the north bank of the river Danube, near a small village called Blindheim or Blenheim, where the French leader, Marshall Tallard, had fixed his lines. Here John Churchill, the first Duke of Marlborough, won a great allied victory over the forces of Louis XIV, thus saving...
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