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Colossal order, court facade of Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, by Sir John Vanbrugh, begun 1705

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Woodstock, England: Blenheim Palace

John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough, at the Battle of Blenheim

Colossal order, court facade of Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, England, by Sir John Vanbrugh, begun 1705

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