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UK - Oxon - Blenheim entrance

            ...and this is just the entrance. Blenheim Palace is quite possibly the grandest of all the English Country Houses, certainly of those I've been too. 

From Wikipedia "The solid and huge entrance portico on the north front resembles more the entrance to a pantheon than a family home. Vanbrugh also liked to employ what he called his "castle air", which he achieved by placing a low tower  at each corner of the central block and crowning the towers with vast belvederes of massed stone, decorated with curious finials (disguising the chimneys). Coincidentally these towers which hint at the pylons of an Egyptian  temple further add to the heroic pantheonesque atmosphere of the building."

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Woodstock (show map)

Taken on: March 7, 2010

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Camera: Nikon D300S, f/8.0, 1/160 sec, 35mm (=52mm), ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D300S
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	35mm (35mm equivalent: 52mm)
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Unknown (-1)
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 6.0 Windows
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