Belvedere
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Belvedere (from Italian, meaning "beautiful sight") may refer to:
Places
[edit]Australia
[edit]- Belvedere, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region
Africa
[edit]- Belvedere (Casablanca), a neighborhood in Casablanca, Morocco
- Belvedere, Harare, Zimbabwe, a suburb
Europe
[edit]- Belvédère, Alpes-Maritimes, France, a commune
- Mount Belvedere , northern Italy; see 10th Mountain Division (United States)
- Belvedere, London, United Kingdom, a suburban area and electoral ward, part of the borough of Bexley
- Belvedere Glacier, in the Italian Alps
- Belvedere, Suvereto, Tuscany, Italy
- Belvedur, Slovenia
North America
[edit]- Belvedere, California, a city
- Belvedere Lagoon, an artificial lagoon
- Belvedere Park, California
- Belvedere, a neighborhood, now part of East Los Angeles, California
- Belvedere Island, Marin County, California
- Belvedere, Delaware, an unincorporated community
- Belvedere, Michigan, ghost town
- Belvedere, Ohio, a populated place
- Belvedere, South Carolina, a census-designated place
- Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere, a public area in Louisville, Kentucky
- Belvedere, U.S. Virgin Islands, a settlement
- Belvedere, Alberta, Canada, a locality
- Belvedere, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, a neighborhood
- Belvedere, Calgary, Alberta, A Neighborhood
South America
[edit]- Belvedere, Montevideo, Uruguay, a neighborhood
Buildings
[edit]- Belvedere (structure), in architecture, a structure designed to incorporate a view
- Belvedere, Vienna, Austria, a palace complex
- Belvedere auf dem Pfingstberg, a palace in Potsdam, Germany
- Belvedere auf dem Klausberg, a building in Potsdam, Germany
- Schloss Belvedere, Weimar, Germany, a small palace
- Belvedere Castle, a folly in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City
- Belvédère Castle, Laeken, Belgium
- Queen Anne's Summer Palace, Prague, Czech Republic
- Cortile del Belvedere or Belvedere Courtyard, Vatican Palace, Rome
- Belvedere Estate, Calcutta, which houses the National Library of India
- Belvedere Garden, a private housing estate in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
- Belvedere House and Gardens, Ireland
- Fort Belvedere (disambiguation)
- Hotel Belvedere (disambiguation):
- Hotel Belvédère du Rayon Vert, Art Deco building at Cerbère, France
- Belvedere Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
- Belvedere (West Virginia), United States, a mansion in the National Register of Historic Places
- Estadio Belvedere, a multi-use stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay
- Belvédère tower, an observation tower near Mulhouse, Alsace, France
- Belvedere Water Tower, Aachen, Germany
- Belvedere Apartments (Columbia, Missouri), a residential complex in Columbia, Missouri, United States
- Villa St Ignatius (originally called Bel-Vedere), St. Julian's, Malta
- Belevedere, an earlier name of Pontikokastro, a castle in southern Greece
- Belvedere Manor , in Seredžius, Lithuania
- Belweder, a former presidential palace in Poland
Schools
[edit]- Belvedere College, Dublin, Ireland, a private Jesuit secondary school for boys
- The Belvedere Academy, a girls' school in Liverpool, England
Football clubs
[edit]- Belvedere F.C., an Irish association football club
- Burnley Belvedere F.C., an English association football club
Transportation
[edit]- Belvedere (1787 EIC ship), an East Indiaman of the British East India Company
- Bristol Belvedere, a British military helicopter designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company
- Plymouth Belvedere, an American automobile made by Plymouth from 1951 through 1970
- Belvedere railway station, London, United Kingdom
- Belvedere LRT Station, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- Belvedere (M. C. Escher), a 1958 lithograph by M. C. Escher
- The Belvedere, a 1913 work by English painter John William Godward
- Belvedere (band), a Canadian punk rock band founded in the late 1990s
- Belvedere (comic strip), running from 1962
- Belvedere (film), a 2010 film
- Lynn Aloysius Belvedere, the main character of the 1947 novel Belvedere by Gwen Davenport, three films, and the television series Mr. Belvedere
- Belvedere, a variation of the Bristol card game
- Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria, an art museum housed in Belvedere Castle
Business
[edit]- Belvédère (company), an alcohol-related company based in Beaune, France
- Belvedere Records, an American record label
- Belvedere Vodka, a brand of Polish vodka
People
[edit]- Andrea Belvedere (1646–?), Italian Baroque painter
- Robert Mascara (born 1972), floor manager on the show Good Morning Australia, nicknamed "Belvedere"
- Vittoria Belvedere (born 1972), Italian actress
Other uses
[edit]- Earl of Belvedere, an Irish peerage from 1756 to 1814
See also
[edit]- Miss Belvedere, a Plymouth Belvedere automobile sealed in an underground vault as a 50-year time-capsule in 1957
- Erith & Belvedere F.C., an English association football club
- Old Belvedere, an Irish rugby union club
- Belvidere (disambiguation)
- Belveder (disambiguation)
- Belweder, a palace in Warsaw, a former residence of several Polish presidents