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Blenheim Palace winner of Garden of the Year Award

27/05/2009

The magnificent gardens of the famous Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire have won the 2008 Garden of the Year award sponsored by the Historic Houses Association and Christie's. This prestigious national award, celebrating its twenty fifth anniversary this year, is designed to recognise the importance of gardens with outstanding horticultural and public

appeal, either in their own right or as the setting for an historic house.

Blenheim Palace is home to the 11th Duke of Marlborough and the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill. Conceived in 1705 by Sir John Vanbrugh, this unique Palace is a masterpiece of English Baroque architecture, built on Queen Anne's orders for John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, in recognition of his victory at the Battle of Blenheim in 1704.



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