Belvedere in Italian literally means
beautiful view.
It is used as a generic architectural term (see
Belvedere (structure)), and has been used to name many things:
Specific buildings
- The Belvedere (structure), a small garden casino near the Vatican Palace, Rome, connected to it by the Courtyard of the Belvedere
- Belvedere (fort) in Florence, Italy
- Belvedere (palace) in Vienna, Austria
- Belweder (Belvedere Palace) in Warsaw, Poland
- Belvedere Estate in Calcutta, which houses the National Library of India
- Belvedere Estate (New York) in Tarrytown, New York, Unification Church meeting place / Sun Myung Moon's former residence
- Belvedere House and Gardens in Ireland
- Belvedere Park & Belvedere Towers, residential apartments in Gurgaon, Haryana (near New Delhi, India)
- Claremont (country house) (Claremont Belvedere), a stately home in Surrey, England
- Belvedere (Potsdam), Germany
- Belvedere College, Dublin, Ireland
- Belvedere Plantation near Richmond, Virginia
- Belvedere LRT Station, an LRT Station and Major Transit Centre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Belvedere, hunting palace of the Bishops of Speyer in Bruchsal, Germany
- Belvedere, a residential apartment complex in the suburb of Glenwood, South Africa
- The Belvedere School, GDST girls school located in Liverpool.
- Belvedere, Antebellum house(pre civil war) built in Holly Springs MS 1858. It is said to be the boyhood home of Shepard Smith(Fox News)but not confirmed.
- Belvedere, near the Riverfront, an outdoor structure in Little Rock, Arkansas.
- Hotel Belvedere du Rayon Vert, Art Deco building at Cerbère, France
Fictional buildings
- Belvedere, M. C. Escher's famous 1958 lithograph
Places
- Belvedere, California
- Belvedere, South Carolina
- Belvedere Park, Georgia
- Belvedere, London and Belvedere railway station
- Tunis Belvedere
- The Belvedere Club in Charlevoix, Michigan, a wealthy and historic summer home association and golf club
- Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere in Louisville, Kentucky, next to the wharf on the Ohio River
- Belvedere Construction Inc. is a construction firm in Detroit, Michigan, famous in that city for its owner and his simple but clever late night commercials and its phone number TY8-7100 (313-898-7100).
- Belvedere, a neighborhood in Edmonton, Canada.
Other meanings
- Belvedere (comic strip)
- Bristol Belvedere: The Belvedere helicopter, designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (later Westland Aircraft)
- Mr. Belvedere, an American sitcom that aired from 1985 to 1990, based on the novel Belvedere by Gwen Davenport
- Belvedere Records
- Belvedere (band), a Canadian punk rock band founded in the late 1990s.
- Belvedere (vodka), a premium vodka.
- Plymouth Belvedere, an American automobile made by Plymouth from 1951 through 1970
- Belvedere (cartoon character), a cartoon bulldog in Looney Tunes' Bugs Bunny and Tweety show cartoons who was called by his master, an ornery Southern Colonel: "Oh Belvedere.... come here boy!"
- Belvederefilm, an independent film production company based in Los Angeles and Vienna, founded 1999 by Elfi von Dassanowsky and Robert von Dassanowsky
- Robert Mascara, Australian television personality on Good Morning Australia who is almost always referred to as "Belvedere" by Bert Newton.
- Belvedere Stadium, Home of Liverpool FC, soccer team from Montevideo
- Belvedere, Surbub in the western part of the city center of Harare, Zimbabwe. The majority of residence are of Asian origin and hosts two higher education instititutions. These are the Belvedere Technical teachers College and Harare Institute of Technology.
- Belvedere - a small round copse on a hill as part of the scenic layout of formal gardens on an estate.
- Earl of Belvedere, an Irish peerage from 1756 to 1814
Belvedere (occasionally Belvidere) is an architectural term adopted from Italian (literally "fair view"), which refers to any architectural structure sited to take advantage of such a view.
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Belvedere (occasionally Belvidere) is an architectural term adopted from Italian (literally "fair view"), which refers to any architectural structure sited to take advantage of such a view.
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Cortile del Belvedere, the Courtyard of the Belvedere, designed from 1506 onwards, was a major project of the High Renaissance at Rome, reverberating in its details in courtyards, formalized piazzas and garden plans throughout Western Europe for centuries.
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The Forte Belvedere or Fortezza di Santa Maria in San Giorgio del Belvedere (often called simply Belvedere) is a fortification in Florence, Italy. It was built by Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici during the period 1590–1595, with Bernardo Buontalenti as the
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Belvedere is a baroque palace complex built by Prince Eugene of Savoy in the 3rd district of Vienna, south-east of the city centre.
After buying the plot of land in 1697, Prince Eugene had a large park created.
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Belweder (/bɛlvɛdɛr/; Polish: Pałac Belwederski, Belweder Palace, from the Italian bello and vedere
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Belvedere Estate consists of Belvedere House and the 30 acre (120,000 m²) grounds surrounding it, in which the National Library of India is housed. Its is located near the Alipore Zoological Gardens, in Calcutta.
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Belvedere Estate is the former Tarrytown, New York residence of Reverend Sun Myung Moon. The estate is owned by the Unification Church.
Right next door to the Lyndhurst historic mansion (former residence of Robber baron Jay Gould), Belvedere Estate lies on 35 acres
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Belvedere House and Gardens is a famous country house located near Mullingar, in county Westmeath, Ireland. Its gardens which include The Jealous Wall and many acres of forest, attract thousands of visitors annually for their beauty.
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Belvedere Park, Georgia
Location in DeKalb County and the state of Georgia
Coordinates:
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State Georgia
County DeKalb
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Claremont is an 18th-century Palladian mansion situated less than a mile south of Esher in Surrey, England. The buildings are now occupied by Claremont Fan Court School, and its landscaped gardens are owned and managed by the National Trust.
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Belvedere on the Klausberg (German: Belvedere auf dem Klausberg from the Italian word for fine view) is located in the north of Brandenburg's capital of Potsdam.
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Belvedere College SJ is a private secondary school for boys located on Great Denmark Street, Dublin, Ireland.
One of Ireland's oldest schools, Belvedere was founded in 1832 and celebrated its sesquicentenary (150th anniversary) in 1982.
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Belvedere Station is a station on the LRT system (Route 201) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is operated by the Edmonton Transit System, and was one of the original five stations when the line opened on April 22, 1978.
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City of Edmonton
Edmonton's City Hall
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Nickname: City of Champions, Festival City, Gateway to the North, E-Town, River City
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Alberta
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: "Fortis et liber" (Latin)
"Strong and free"
Capital Edmonton
Largest city Calgary
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The Belvedere School is a private school for girls, situated in Princes Park in Liverpool.
About the School
The school was founded in 1880 and is situated overlooking Princes Park.
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- Little Rock, Arkansas
- Little Rock (Cheyenne chief)
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Cerbère
Location
Longitude 03° 09' 56" E
Latitude 42° 26' 39" N
Administration
Country France
Arrondissement Céret
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Belvedere is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher which was first printed in May, 1958. It shows a plausible-looking building which turns out to be impossible.
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Belvedere, California
Location in Marin County and the state of California
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Country United States
State California
County Marin
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Belvedere, South Carolina
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Location of Belvedere, South Carolina
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County Aiken
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Belvedere Park, Georgia
Location in DeKalb County and the state of Georgia
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Georgia
County DeKalb
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Location
Place Belvedere
Local authority London Borough of Bexley
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Managed by Southeastern
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The Belvedere Club in Charlevoix, Michigan (Northern Michigan) is a wealthy and historic summer home association and golf club.
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Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere is a public area on the Ohio River in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Although proposed as early as 1930, the project did not get off the ground until $13.
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Belvedere is a residential neighbourhood in north east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located on the west side of the Canadian National Railway right of way close to the Belvedere LRT station.
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City of Edmonton
Edmonton's City Hall
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Coat of arms
Nickname: City of Champions, Festival City, Gateway to the North, E-Town, River City
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