Belvedere is a fictional town in the U.S. state of Ohio depicted in the novel The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris, as well as the 1991 motion picture based on the novel. A state of the United States (a U.S. state) is any one of the fifty states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... Official language(s) None Capital Columbus Largest city Columbus Largest metro area Cleveland Area  Ranked 34th  - Total 44,825 sq mi (116,096 km²)  - Width 220 miles (355 km)  - Length 220 miles (355 km)  - % water 8. ... Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle Italian novella, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins. ... Thomas Harris. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Film refers to the celluloid medium on which motion pictures are printed. ...

The small town is located along the Ohio River and is the hometown of the killer "Buffalo Bill" (Jame Gumb) and (in the film) of his victim Frederica Bimmel (first victim taken, third victim discovered). Agent Starling (played in the movie by Jodie Foster) is led to the town following the advice of Hannibal Lecter (played in the movie by Anthony Hopkins), who tells her that Buffalo Bill's primary motivation is "to covet", and that he specifically began by coveting what he saw everyday. From this Starling deduces that Buffalo Bill knew his first victim. She goes to the town and interviews Bimmel's father and friend, whose remark about sewing with Bimmel leads her to Gumb's house and lair at the climax of the story. Ohio River viewed from Liberty Hill in Ripley, Ohio. ... Buffalo Bill is a fictional character featured in the 1988 novel The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris and its 1991 movie adaptation, in which he was played by Ted Levine. ... Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, with Anthony Hopkins as her nemesis, Hannibal Lecter, in the 1991 film adaptation of The Silence of the Lambs Clarice Starling is a fictional character in the novels The Silence Of The Lambs and Hannibal by Thomas Harris. ... Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962) is a two-time Academy Award–winning American actress, director, and producer. ... Hannibal Lecter as portrayed by Anthony Hopkins. ... Sir Anthony Hopkins Sir Anthony Hopkins (IPA: ) KBE (born December 31, 1937) is an Oscar-winning Welsh-born actor. ... Turn of the century sewing in Detroit, Michigan An old sewing machine Sewing is an ancient craft involving the stitching of cloth, leather, animal skins, furs, or other materials, using needle and thread. ...

Lecter ironically tells Starling the location of Buffalo Bill's house in their first meeting in Baltimore, in which he describes one of his drawings in his prison cell as being a view of the Duomo, as seen from the Belvedere in Florence, Italy, a scene he claims to have drawn entirely from memory. Nickname: Monument City, Charm City, Mob Town, B-more Motto: Get In On It (formerly The City That Reads and The Greatest City in America; BELIEVE is not the official motto but rather a specific campaign) Location of Baltimore in Maryland Coordinates: Country United States State Maryland County Independent City... The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore is the cathedral church, or Duomo, of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Florence, noted for its distinctive dome. ... 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. ... Florence (Italian, Firenze) is a city in the center of Tuscany, in central Italy, on the Arno River, with a population of around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess of 200,000. ...

For the film, the location scenes of the town were filmed in the real town of Bellaire, Ohio, also located on the Ohio River. Bellaire, Ohio, also was the childhood home of actor Ted Levine, who played Buffalo Bill in the film. Bellaire is a city located in Belmont County, Ohio. ...