Belvedere
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
- Belvedere (fort) in Florence, Italy
- Belvedere (palace) in Vienna, Austria
- Belvedere (Potsdam), Germany
- The Belvedere (structure), a small garden casino near the Vatican Palace, Rome, connected to it by the Cortile del Belvedere
- Belvedere (West Virginia), an historic farm near Charles Town, West Virginia, United States
- The Belvedere Academy (formerly The Belvedere School), GDST girls school in Liverpool, England
- Belvedere College, Dublin, Ireland
- Belvedere Estate in Calcutta, which houses the National Library of India
- The Belvedere Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Belvedere House and Gardens in Ireland
- Belweder (Belvedere Palace) in Warsaw, Poland
- Claremont (country house) (Claremont Belvedere), a stately home in Surrey, England
- Hotel Belvédère du Rayon Vert, Art Deco building at Cerbère, France
Fictional buildings
Places
- Canada
- France
- Italy
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Belvedere, California, in Marin County
- Belvedere, Glenn County, California
- Belvedere, South Carolina
- The Belvedere Club in Charlevoix, Michigan, a wealthy and historic summer home community and golf club
- Belvedere Park, Georgia
- Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere in Louisville, Kentucky, next to the wharf on the Ohio River
Other meanings
- Belvedere (band), Canadian punk rock band founded in the late 1990s
- Belvedere (comic strip)
- Belvedere FC, Irish youth football club
- Belvedere (novel), by Gwen Davenport
- Mr. Belvedere, American sitcom that aired from 1985 to 1990, based on the novel
- Belvedere Records
- Belvedere (vodka), a premium vodka
- Bristol Belvedere, helicopter designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (later Westland Aircraft)
- Earl of Belvedere, an Irish peerage from 1756 to 1814
- Plymouth Belvedere, American automobile made by Plymouth from 1951 through 1970
- Robert Mascara, Australian television personality on Good Morning Australia who is almost always referred to as "Belvedere" by Bert Newton
See also
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