Belvedere Castle

Belvedere Castle sits upon Vista Rock in Central Park, New York City. It was designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould in 1865, and was built in 1869. Image File history File links Version of image:BelvedereCastle. ... Image File history File links Version of image:BelvedereCastle. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... An unobtrusive bridge in Central Park, designed by Calvert Vaux, separates pedestrians from the carriage drive. ...

The castle housed the New York Meteorological Observatory, which was taken over by the United States Weather Bureau in 1912. It is still the site at which meteorological data is collected for Central Park. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is a scientific agency of the United States Department of Commerce focused on the conditions of the oceans and the atmosphere. ...

Belvedere Castle, the object of much vandalism and deterioration, was restored and reopened by the Central Park Conservancy on May 1, 1983. In 1995, the Conservancy's Historic Preservation Crew replaced the sixteen columns on the loggia of the castle. Villa Godi by Palladio. ...