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
• The Hotel Belvedere, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
• 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

• Belvedere (M. C. Escher), famous 1958 lithograph by M. C. Escher

Places

Canada

• Belvedere, Edmonton, Alberta, a neighborhood
  • Belvedere (ETS), an LRT station and major transit centre

France

• Belvédère, Alpes-Maritimes

Italy

• Belvedere Marittimo, Calabria

United Kingdom

• Belvedere, London
  • Belvedere railway station

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

India

• Belvedere Road, an upmarket residential area in Kolkata.

Other meanings

• Belvedere (band), Canadian punk rock band founded in the late 1990s
• Belvedere (comic strip)
• Belvedere FC, Irish youth football club
• Belvedere (novel), a 1947 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

• Belvidere

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External links

• Belvedere Vodka Official Site