Belvedere

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Belvedere (from Italian, meaning "beautiful sight") may refer to:

Places

Australia

Belvedere, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region

Africa

Belvedere (Casablanca), a neighborhood in Casablanca, Morocco
Belvedere, Harare, Zimbabwe, a suburb

Europe

Belvédère, Alpes-Maritimes, France, a commune
Mount Belvedere [it], 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

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

Belvedere, Montevideo, Uruguay, a neighborhood

Buildings

Belvedere (structure), in architecture, a structure designed to incorporate a view
Belvedere, Vienna, Austria, a palace complex
- Belvedere (Palace Chapel)
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 [Lt], in Seredžius, Lithuania
Belweder, a former presidential palace in Poland

Schools

Belvedere College, Dublin, Ireland, a private Jesuit secondary school for boys
The Belvedere Academy, a girls' school in Liverpool, England

Football clubs

Belvedere F.C., an Irish association football club
Burnley Belvedere F.C., an English association football club

Transportation

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

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

Belvédère (company), an alcohol-related company based in Beaune, France
Belvedere Records, an American record label
Belvedere Vodka, a brand of Polish vodka

People

Andrea Belvedere (1646–?), Italian Baroque painter
Robert Mascara (born 1972), floor manager on the show Good Morning Australia, nicknamed "Belvedere"