Belvedere
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Belvedere in Italian literally means fair view.
It is used as a generic architectural term (see Belvedere (structure)), and has been used to name many things:
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Specific buildings:
- The Belvedere a small garden casino near the Vatican Palace, Rome, connected to it by the Courtyard of the Belvedere (Cortile del Belvedere)
- The Belvedere fort in Florence, Italy
- Belvedere (palace) in Vienna
- Belvedere Palace in Warsaw, Poland
- Belvedere House and Gardens in Ireland
- Belvedere Plantation near Richmond, Virginia
- Belvedere Park & Belvedere Towers; residential apartments in Gurgaon, Haryana (near New Delhi, India)
Fictional buildings:
- M. C. Escher's famous 1958 lithograph, Belvedere
Places:
- Belvedere, California
- Belvedere, South Carolina
- Belvedere Park, Georgia
- Belvedere, London and Belvedere railway station
- The Belvedere Club in Charlevoix, Michigan (Northern Michigan is a wealthy and historic summer home association and golf club.
Other meanings:
- 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, written by Gwen Davenport
- Belvedere Records
- Belvedere, a Canadian punk rock band founded in the late 1990's.
- Belvedere (vodka), a premium vodka.
- Plymouth Belvedere, a American automobile made by Plymouth from 1951 through 1970. The name is not currently in use by Daimler-Chrysler.