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: Belvedere (occasionally Belvidere) is an architectural term adopted from the Italian (literally fair view), which refers to any architectural structure sited to take advantage of such a view. ...

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 Cerbere, France

Belvedere (occasionally Belvidere) is an architectural term adopted from the Italian (literally fair view), which refers to any architectural structure sited to take advantage of such a view. ... A carrousel in the Cortile del Belvedere: the anonymous mid 16th century engraver has exaggerated the vertical dimensions, but Bramantes monumental stairs are visible. ... Fort Belvedere (often called simply the Belvedere) was built by Grand Duke Ferdinando I de Medici during the period 1590-1595, with Bernardo Buontalenti as the designer, to protect Florence and the Medici rule thereover. ... Upper Belvedere Lower Belvedere View of the gardens seen from the Upper Belvedere, painted by Canaletto in 1758 Upper Belvedere The Belvedere is a baroque palace complex built by Prince Eugene of Savoy in the 3rd district of Vienna, south-east of the city centre. ... Belweder ( Polish: Pałac Belwederski, from the Italian bello and vedere--beautiful and to see) is a palace in Warsaw, a few kilometers south of the Royal Castle. ... 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. ... Belvedere Estate is the former Tarrytown, New York residence of Reverend Sun Myung Moon. ... Belvedere House and Gardens is a famous country house located near Mullingar, in county Westmeath, Ireland. ... Belvedere Park is a census-designated place located in DeKalb County, Georgia. ... Claremont is an 18th-century Palladian mansion situated less than a mile south of Esher in Surrey, United Kingdom. ... Belvedere on the Klausberg, view from the Mulberry Alley Belvedere on the Klausberg (German: Belvedere auf dem Klausberg from the French word for fine view) is located in the north of Brandenburgs capital of Potsdam. ... Belvedere College SJ is a private secondary school for boys located on Great Denmark Street, Dublin, Ireland. ... Belvedere Station was the original northern terminus of the LRT (route 201) line which opened April 22, 1978 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ... Nickname: Motto: Industry - Integrity - Progress Location of Edmonton within census division number 11, Alberta, Canada. ... Motto: Fortis et liber(Latin) Strong and free Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Official languages English (see below) Government - Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong - Premier Ed Stelmach (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 28 - Senate seats 6 Confederation September 1, 1905 (split from Northwest Territories) (8th [Province]) Area Ranked... The Belvedere School The Belvedere School is a private girls school in Toxteth, Liverpool. ... There is also a Littlerock, California. ... In demonology, Naberius is the most valiant Marquis of Hell, and has nineteen legions of demons under his command. ...

Fictional buildings

• Belvedere, M. C. Escher's famous 1958 lithograph

Belvedere is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher which was first printed in May, 1958. ...

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.

Belvedere is a wealthy suburb of San Francisco located in Marin County, California. ... Belvedere is a census-designated place and suburb of North Augusta, South Carolina, is located in Aiken County, South Carolina, and is a part the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. ... Belvedere Park is a census-designated place located in DeKalb County, Georgia. ... Belvedere is a suburban area in the northern part of the London Borough of Bexley, southeast London. ... Belvedere railway station is a railway station in South East London, between Abbey Wood and Erith. ... The Belvedere Club in Charlevoix, Michigan (Northern Michigan) is a wealthy and historic summer home association and golf club. ... Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere is a public area on the Ohio River in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. ... Belvedere is a residential neighborhood in north east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ... Nickname: Motto: Industry - Integrity - Progress Location of Edmonton within census division number 11, Alberta, Canada. ...

Other meanings

• 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 1990's.
• 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

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