Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace at Woodstock in Oxfordshire is one of the largest and most famous castles of England. It was built for John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough during the reign of Queen Anne as a reward for his military successes in the War of Spanish Succession ( victory at the Battle of Blenheim on the Danube, English Battle of Blenheim ) built. The English form of the Battle of Blenheim is likely to stem from the fact that the British troops used French Enlightenment thinker. Their pronunciation of the name of the hamlet home for the blind (near Blenheim on the Danube ) led to the English form Blenheim. In the castle today commemorated by a permanent exhibition on the famous descendants of the Dukes, Winston Churchill, who was born in 1874 here.
Specifications
A triumphal arch leads from the small town of Woodstock near Oxford up to the castle. He should remember the great success at the Battle of Blenheim (actually from home for the blind, a town of Hochstadt, therefore engl. Battle of Blenheim ) 1704. The palace was designed by Sir John Vanbrugh. Blenheim Palace is the largest non- royal nobility based in the UK. In the reception rooms is waives any comfort - they should act deliberately overwhelming and impressive. 20 meters high, is the main hall, which leads into a large, frescoed salon. The salon is geared to be in the castle park located 41 meters high Victory Column. The surrounding trees symbolize Marlborough's soldiers. The south portal is crowned by a bust of the defeated in the Battle of Blenheim Louis XIV, who looks down from there to the richness of the plant. It is impossible to determine whether this conclusion of the south portal goes back to a proposal by the architect Vanbrugh, or an irony of winning in Blenheim Churchill was.
Architectural History
Due to disagreements between the architect and the " building owner " Marlborough's wife, Sarah, and the concomitant changes in the plan has resulted in significant additional costs, which the Palace also devoured most of the assets of the Dukes and completed after his death in 1722 was. It was then Nicholas Hawksmoor, an employee of John Vanbrugh, who continued to monitor the construction work. The living area of the castle is 12,000 square meters.
In particular, the park was redesigned several times. The influential landscape architect Capability Brown -designed in 1764 to 1010 acres of parkland newly created while the lake, which is now in front of the palace. The water terraces have been created in 1920 new style of the 17th century by the French architect Achille Duchêne.
The palace is now the property of John Spencer - Churchill, 11th Duke of Marlborough, a descendant of the builder. He belongs to the consortium Treasure Houses of England and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Your entrance fee, it can be visited.
Sports events
Once a year since 1990 found in the park of the castle, the Blenheim Horse Trials (CCI ***), a competition in eventing instead. 2005 Blenheim was the venue for the European Championships in eventing.
Since 2008, the World Cup in Brompton Faltradfahren there is also annually discharged.