A Walk Through Blenheim Palace

[@kathymckimm1819]

Almost like a breath of fresh air this morning 14 January 2021 so much to catch up with my last visit to the wonderful place in the English countryside, a mountain of old English history around the FAMOUS CHURCHILL FAMILY

[@cherylbusch6236]

Perfect choice of music to accompany the viewing of such a magnificent palace! Thank you for posting a video void of incessant chatting. Well done....

[@silver17s91]

I always wonder how they keep these luxerous buildings clean, like there's so SO much details!

[@psammiad]

They have staff, and a lot of volunteers. In most English country houses they do a deep clean in winter. And other than visitors, these houses aren't really used much.

[@gardensofthegods]

@@psammiad I remember seeing a documentary about the Blenheim some years ago and I could have sworn the owners still lived there ( of course when they're not traveling )

[@archangel6174]

@@gardensofthegods tthey do but in a smaller private section of the housse

[@geofffikar3417]

Why don't they pressure wash the outside?

[@limpitmine7119]

If only they would put detail into manning telephone lines on produce they sell that may be out of date

[@jeanluc1404]

Perfect music....nice vistas of a complicated if wonderfully dramatic palace

[@MichaelJirochVisualArtist]

Daniel Mooney ...thank you!

[@kaloarepo288]

Michael Jiroch -the music of the Italian baroque master Giovanni Bononcini would have been very appropriate as the duke and duchess of Marlborough were great patrons of this composer who was George Frederick Handel's great rival.The duchess, in particular, was a great fan.Rivalry between the fans of these 2 leading opera composers led to the famous rhyme "between tweedledum and tweedledee." Handel won out in the end as it was demonstrated that Bononcini had passed off someone else's music as his own and he had to leave England in disgrace.Incidentally, the famous tune known as "Handel's largo" was previously a tune by Bononcini that Handel improved on.Incidentally again -Handel's "Largo" was the first piece of music to be broadcast on public radio -by a Canadian inventor called Fessenden circa 1907.

[@gardensofthegods]

@@kaloarepo288 thanks for that info , very interesting stories there

[@graceserenachristie2914]

Beautiful house and gardens. Thanks

[@stevendaniel8126]

Magnificent !! What joy. Thank you.....

[@dannettepeters1507]

A strange paradox! The beauty of the architecture, the embellishments and the grounds, are as breathtaking as they are suffocating.

[@alrinaleroux9229]

Having to traverse so much space could be quite wearisome I suppose. This edifice is rather heavy and overwhelming. It reminds me of the fact that despite all of our labours and achievements, we humans go out of this world as naked as we entered it. Some people are weighed down by what they own. What is really worthwhile (precious) in life? The story of Lazarus and the rich man is a warning to humanity. Nevertheless it was good to have the opportunity to look at this.

[@dkalbryte5715]

@@alrinaleroux9229 It's more monumental than hospitable.

[@alrinaleroux9229]

@@dkalbryte5715 True!

[@gardensofthegods]

Still I can tell you that when I was a child I would have loved to have lived in a massive and rambling place like that filled with art everywhere and marble and staircases fireplaces , crystal chandeliers , gardens , fountains .

[@RussiaIsARiddle778]

@@gardensofthegods yes, I imagine young Winston playing hide and seek in that marvelous place. There are probably rooms that the owners have never seen.

[@RussiaIsARiddle778]

So glad places like this have survived for us to enjoy.

[@franktranks9445]

My 6th grade history teach walked by the camera at one point. No joke.

[@moniquest-pierre4306]

Magnificent video and superb music. Thank You !!!!

[@MichaelJirochVisualArtist]

Monique St-Pierre and thank you for your kind words...

[@gildavis3177]

Magnificent! I can we'll see why it was a privilege to live there. It must have, and still does, require an army of people to keep the place up!

[@starcloud4959]

How a palace should look. Finally something that can compare to French and Spanish palaces.

[@InhertiaPink-t7n]

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[@josealexandre6632]

Nicely done and placed the baroque background.

[@walidcless]

Great place to visit, I walked all the way from Kidlington to it and it worth it xD

[@tfh5575]

I just can't believe how big it is. A small portion of the front center part alone looks like it could be a mansion by itself. No homes in the world compare to English country houses. Disgusting displays of wealth but so beautiful I can't help but fall in love and daydream about the lives nobles led in those homes (cognitive dissonance much?) I can't wait to tour a few of them. I recently found out you can book a room in Blenheim for a couple nights. The experience would be worth the money

[@mariocassina90]

Have you ever been to Italy?

[@franmellor9843]

@@mariocassina90 they are really known as Willy wavers...castle Howard is a prime example of this

[@HooDatDonDar]

Disgusting? Why?

[@limpitmine7119]

Disgusting displays of indifference also when trying to contact them on anything at all including merchandise sold that may have been out of date. Indifference is what I come away with. Better places to visit for free within 10 miles and possibly less hassle.

[@sharnjitsharonlalli212]

Thank you absolutely wonderfully done 👍😘🙏🙏👌💗💗

[@MichaelJirochVisualArtist]

Sharnjit Sharon Lalli ....thank you very much...

[@gardensofthegods]

@@MichaelJirochVisualArtist yes I thoroughly enjoyed this ... really fascinating and mind-blowing that the place is so huge . Do you know if they used to house soldiers or cavalry they're also along with the servants ... I'm assuming yes

[@irishelk3]

Wow, they should really extend it though shouldn't they?.

[@Bernadette1087]

My memories of Blenheim Palace from several years ago. It’s splendid in the way these huge stately homes are, and it is huge. It has a lot of very high grey halls, and many beautiful but perhaps overly ornate rooms with priceless furniture and hung with family and historical portraits, mostly relating the story of the Marlborough’s whose home this is. The most interesting room I thought is the moderate sized bedroom where Winston Churchill was was born, which has some items from his childhood preserved there, and the most beautiful room is the long light filled drawing room/library. This room also has a magnificent and well maintained pipe organ at one end, and organ recitals have been held there and probably still are. Have attended one there on one occasion which was a lovely experience. The grounds and gardens are stunning, designed by Capability Brown, and watching a herd of Friesian cattle coming across the field to the milking parlour suggests Blenheim situated just outside the very attractive village of Woodstock, is also a working farm.

[@subhashnamey5562]

I'm from Pune, India. The music and the palace is very very beautiful. (No words to speak). And you have given some information that was interesting as who didn't study about Sir W Churchill. Thank you Ma'am. From Salisbury Park, Pune.

[@jilljackson3995]

I live in the USA, but have been to Blenheil Palace several times on my trips to England. I liked it better 25 years ago, when sheep were grazing on the land. It was more open years ago. My last trip there was a couple of years ago. The tour guide was rather rude and not very knowledgable or engaging. There was security patroling the place. Not a welcoming enviorment. The locals are able to hang out on the grounds for free.

[@limpitmine7119]

Sure, Bath used to b better 25 years ago also but things change and some things do not. IMO, your cash is better spent in Cheltenham which is about midway between Blenheim and Bath.. Did I mention cash? I run the largest free website of free attractions in the uk so I haven revenue from it. I do it for love. If I see a turd, I call it a turd. Blenheim is a turd imo. Book yourself into somewhere around Cheltenham next time, then move north to the Lake district or south to Dorset

[@Mfl.8580]

Que belleza de edificación. Todo excelente diseño y calidad y arte. Si que tenían muy buen gusto

[@katylewis3571]

I went there today for a trip! we was learning about the WWI windson churchill

[@psammiad]

Even during its construction Blenheim was considered a monstrous white elephant. It's a huge vanity project that Parliament largely paid for.

[@davidlemeur9695]

Thank you - a delightful film.

[@MichaelJirochVisualArtist]

David LeMeur you're most welcomed.

[@thomasmagnusson4034]

Thank you!☺

[@dannettepeters1507]

The bedrooms are warm and cozy looking; the rest of the house would be like living in a mausoleum. Dead slaves to a pile of stones!

[@aprilskies1051]

Wonderful, thank you !

[@jharris947]

Needs a nice loft conversion. :-)

[@ritchiemacinnis5680]

Quaint Little Cottage.

[@doughboyloop1780]

Vanderbilt money well spent!

[@AVGVST-xxvi]

omg! Perfect music, perfect place! Thank you sir. :D

[@MichaelJirochVisualArtist]

Ada Ricaros ....thank you very much...I appreciate your kind compliment.

[@alissarose8235]

I bin there at Christmas And It was so Pretty 😍

[@sircoloniser5454]

Been*

[@DavidJones-ye2if]

I went there in August of 2015.

[@MichaelJirochVisualArtist]

David Jones me too

[@meeeka]

It's a bit like Versailles, no?

[@Jakob_DK]

They won an important battle over the French. The palace is named after a village Blenheim on the Danube.

[@jimorr820]

It may have been the residence of dukes, but it looks more like a royal palace than any of the Queen's

[@costiniucmircea]

a delightful video

[@oyko3996]

A vert Nice palace to visit. Avery fitting music. But the filming was a disapointment. The place deserves Munch better!

[@Ceruttinovaes]

Onde fica na Inglaterra?

[@Grace77750]

At 13:10 to 13:16, what is the story behind the half-naked wax figure sitting up in the canopy bed?

[@MichaelJirochVisualArtist]

Grace K ...they do a Disney- like robotics drama of historical scandals that took place there. If you go, it’s on the top floor. I’d personally go to the cafe instead.

[@subhashnamey5562]

After watching this video I'm out of my mind, are there in this world such magnificent palace. This is more more than a luxurious living , do you have a word to describe it in the English language ( I'm from India and I don't ).I want to thank you for this presentation. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Salisbury Park, Pune.

[@aa-hp4wc]

Lavish, Ornate, and Elaborate are some English words that come to mind when trying to describe this place.

[@karenb6268]

Opulent

[@goodholy1]

beatiful Video

[@DronePilotKF1909]

Wow awesome you have a New subscriber 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@MichaelJirochVisualArtist]

Thanks

[@tzanidisalexandros-xd8wn]

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[@beverlyseverin702]

I will like to tour it I can see it is nice place to tour

[@myron9307]

You guys know that this place is inthe game call of duty black ops 4 as a zombies map named “dead of the night”

[@Morrisonfam2020]

wow cool video

[@muhammadshafeeque9264]

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[@igormonteiro9757]

Blenheim is the name of one color of CAVALEIR KING CHARLES SPANIEL 🐶

[@lim4275]

YES! I was looking for this comment! 😍

[@georgetanaum9666]

Superb ! Locatia pentru serialul The Royals!

[@Alexander1868]

They really need to restore the facade of the palace.

[@paulducharme60oo]

What's with the all seeing eye illuminati pictures?

[@theheartoftexas]

paul ducharme That's to remind guests that someone is always watching. Sometimes you will also see ears, to let you know that someone is always listening. It's a warning not to betray the family.

[@LionofJudah777]

The birthplace and childhood home of the Late Sir Winston Churchill.

[@meeeka]

Good choice, Baroque music for one of the few extant examples of English Baroque architecture.

[@meeeka]

?,?, Well, that never even occurred to me, but perhaps some Jay-Z then...

[@MadKingOfMadaya]

*_11:57_**_ Bruh "The Dying Gaul" statue is there too. British is literally the descendants of the Gauls lmao_*

[@limpitmine7119]

Like the only true Americans are the Indians I guess. I have a lot of respect for the "true Americans" Perhaps they got a bit of a bad deal along the way by the likes of the gauls also?. Read up on arcadians then lyao ;o) The British won at Waterloo I recall. 1066 was won by the vikings I recall. They took over northern france after failing to take northern England, assimilated then took England when it had its back to the wall on another war. It was not a french win, it was the scandinavians that moved to northern france and used the back door. we all know the french like the back door and it is fact that the french eat cock.

[@universal-creator]

The big all seeing eyes on the ceiling

[@nancyhobson9710]

Winnie, did she need persuading?

[@Jakob_DK]

On the job bonuses are not what they used to be :-)

[@lagoldentitaniumleklai2534]

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[@myron9307]

Yooo this is dead of the night in bo4

[@jeromechiu]

The place, as we all know, is extremely beautiful; but the rolling shutter is atrocious.

[@leavemealone5242]

Love it there

[@tylertrotter7707]

To think this was all possible because a Churchill was friends with the king consort.

[@sircoloniser5454]

Also a magnificent military victory

[@HooDatDonDar]

No such thing as a king consort. If you are king, you rule. William is unique, because his wife also was a ruler, Mary II. This had never been done before, and has never done since. Every other king who had a queen, had a queen consort, who was not a ruler. Will not weary you with the complicated politics that led to joint rule by William III and Mary II.

[@sexsylana]

ThanksYours

[@bettyowens9947]

Kinda remind me of back in time of Romans

[@flyonthewall7026]

2 issues for ya... 1) no toilets or sewage pipes. 2) BREATHARIANS. Before 1800 this was fact... deal with it.

[@harry88james31]

I totally agree 100 percent !

[@lagoldentitaniumleklai2534]

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[@limpitmine7119]

I would say clear of the place to be honest.. They are very hard to contact when questioning the "best before day" on a product that carries the name, and equally as hard to contact on telephone lines given by them. Best example may be you are chocking to death on a product puechached in their store, and yo cannot get through to the seller or the manufacturer. There are many places in the uk that have way better service and may not leave you or yours dead while trying to contact the owners or company during normal opening hours .... Mc Donalds? KFC? Even Wimpy who I think make the worst burger in town in my opinion seem to be contactable and even pleasant enough to engage in pleasant dialogue so what is the problem that Blenheim Palace has? Some sort of self love that states they have a coveted name and are impervious to providing a service ? I can state at least 5 quality venues close to Blenheim that are free to enter and man their telephones.. Why bother with Blenheim Palace and the hassle? "

[@nancyhobson9710]

As the grounds look expansive, how about, when the pandemic is over, having a benefit rock concert there. Shake the foundations of the old place?!

[@sircoloniser5454]

Yeah no

[@thomasmagnusson4034]

☺

[@GodTierComments]

The Spencer-Churchills have been a plague on the royal family ever since they built this monstrosity from the sacred ruins of Woodstock Palace. A blight! A blight on Winston Churchill and Princess Diana! May their lives be tough.

[@meeeka]

They were, no thanks to you.

[@lawrencebailey3008]

Go eat.

[@HooDatDonDar]

Strange person

[@GodTierComments]

@@HooDatDonDar Fuck, too soon?

[@limpitmine7119]

No such person as princes diana and never was. As for Churchill, there are mixed thoughts on him. The more I read the more I think he was a bit of a dick.

[@RoseSharon7777]

Freemasons anyone?

[@jeffklein9423]

It should be used to home all the homeless people and refugees.

[@kevinchambers1101]

How about you offer to house them first instead of offering someone else's home. You selfish liberals are always willing to burden others before burdening yourselves.

[@mikewilson3419]

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[@daveheya4097]

Trump send me here.

[@DeadBunny69]

What am I looking at come the 13:04 mark?

[@MichaelJirochVisualArtist]

DeadBunny, on the second floor, they've recreated in a robotic Disney fashion a way to tell the story an affair.

[@DeadBunny69]

+Michael Jiroch Thanks

[@John20Won]

DeadBunny69 Just distasteful, but seemingly part of their every day lives as lord's. Glad they didn't do a scene of child abuse!

[@meeeka]

Good choice, Baroque music for one of the few extant examples of English Baroque architecture.