Belvedere
Belvedere (from Italian language meaning "beautiful sight") may refer to:
In architecture
Places
Brazil
United States
- Belvedere Lagoon, an artificial lagoon
- Belvedere Park, California
Elsewhere
Belvedere (structure)
A belvedere /ˈbɛlvᵻdɪər/ or belvidere (from Italian for "fair view") is an architectural structure sited to take advantage of a fine or scenic view. While a belvedere may be built in the upper part of a building the actual structure can be of any form, whether a turret, a cupola, or an open gallery. Or it may be a separate pavilion in a garden, or the term may be used for a paved terrace with a good viewpoint, but no actual building.
It may also be used for a whole building, as in the Belvedere, Vienna, a huge palace, or Belvedere Castle, a folly in New York.
On the hillside above the Vatican Palace, Antonio Pollaiuolo built a small pavilion (casino in Italian) named the palazzetto or the Belvedere for Pope Innocent VIII. Some years later Donato Bramante linked the Vatican with the Belvedere, under a commission from Pope Julius II by creating the Cortile del Belvedere ("Courtyard of the Belvedere"), in which stood the Apollo Belvedere, among the most famous of antique sculptures. This began the fashion in the 16th century for the belvedere.
Belvedere (Wellington)
The Belvedere is a four storied concrete apartment building in Wellington, New Zealand. Edmund Anscombe designed the art deco building in 1937, and it was constructed the same year. Located at 82 Majoribanks St, Mount Victoria, Wellington, Belvedere has nine apartments spread over three floors, with ground floor garages.
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Coordinates: 41°17′44″S 174°47′19″E / 41.295684°S 174.788569°E / -41.295684; 174.788569
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by Belvedere
Danky
by: BelvedereIt restricts the range of motion right up to my head and it even pains me when I breathe. So don't try and tell me that you know just how I feel I don't wanna turn the other cheek. So tell my why you picked that tape up off the floor eyes of the wheel. So tell me why you think you're damned to say you're sorry but it's not and wish we cou ld all be a little less careless sometimes. I wonder how we're all so far behind, when it comes to simple common sence, and I know why people shut their eyes up just before, it's that stupid people make us tense. Because I don't wanna, because I don't wanna, because I don't wanna. Wanna Die (yeah), Wanna Die (yeah), Wanna Die (yeah).