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:

Specific buildings:

• The Belvedere a small garden casino near the Vatican Palace, Rome, connected to it by the Courtyard of the 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)
• Claremont Belvedere; a stately home in Surrey, England.
• Belvedere (Potsdam), Germany

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
• Tunis Belvedere
• 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, an American automobile made by Plymouth from 1951 through 1970. The name is not currently in use by Daimler-Chrysler.
• Belvedere (cartoon character), a cartoon dog in Looney Tunes cartoons who was called by his master: "Oh Belvedere, come here boy!"
• Robert Mascara, Australian television personality on Good Morning Australia who is almost always referred to as "Belvedere" by Bert Newton.

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