Belvedere - Definition and Overview

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:

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)
Fort Belvedere in Florence, Italy
Belvedere (palace) in Vienna
Belvedere Palace in Warsaw, Poland
Belvedere House and Gardens in Ireland
Belvedere Plantation near Richmond, Virginia

Fictional buildings:

M. C. Escher's famous 1958 lithograph, Belvedere

Places:

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.

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Example Usage of Belvedere
	JoeyKaegi: @ilovememphis I use Do Duds Coin Laundries at 15 N Belvedere Blvd, and it works for me.
	seventyMHz: Just finished working on a for Belvedere Vodka ad for @needlz - beat was grown and sexy
	mateusmr: nao satisfeitos com isso, tornaram o transito do Belvedere numa versao agreste do transito de los angeles. E é pra lá que eu vou agora.

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Belvedere - Definition and Overview

Example Usage of Belvedere