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

Places

Australia

Belvedere, Queensland Belvedere is a rural locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the Belvedere had a population of 907 people. Geography Belvedere is a low-lying locality (approx 10–20 metres above sea level) to the east of the Johnst ...

, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region

Africa

Belvedere (Casablanca) Belvedere is a neighborhood of central Casablanca, Morocco. It is in the administrative district of Roches Noires, Morocco, Roches Noires. Belvedere is home to the Casa-Voyageurs Railway Station and the Tachfine Center shopping mall. References

, a neighborhood in Casablanca, Morocco *

Belvedere, Harare Belvedere is a suburb of Harare, the capital city and the largest metropolitan area of Zimbabwe. Though historically home to a notable Indian population since 2012 Belvedere has become known for its growing Chinese population, due to the const ...

, Zimbabwe, a suburb

Europe

Belvédère Belvédère (; oc, Barver; it, Belvedere) is a commune in the Vésubie valley north of Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. The village of Belvédère is located at the entrance of the Gordolasque valley on the edge ...

, Alpes-Maritimes, France, a commune *

Belvedere Giacomo Puccini 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, Zim ...

, Torre del Lago Puccini (LU), Toscana. This belvedere consists of a small plaza on Lago Massaciuccoli, in front of the villa of composer Giacomo Puccini and bordering the grounds of the annual Puccini Opera Festival. *

Mount Belvedere Mount is often used as part of the name of specific mountains, e.g. Mount Everest. Mount or Mounts may also refer to: Places * Mount, Cornwall, a village in Warleggan parish, England * Mount, Perranzabuloe, a hamlet in Perranzabuloe parish, C ...

, northern Italy *

Belvedere, London Belvedere is a town in south east London, England, within the London Borough of Bexley. It lies close to the River Thames, with Erith to the east, Bexleyheath to the south, and Abbey Wood and Thamesmead to the west. Prior to the creation of ...

, United Kingdom, a suburban area and electoral ward, part of the borough of Bexley *

Belvedere Glacier , photo = Monte Rosa east face.jpg , photo_caption = The east face of Monte Rosa with the glacier at the bottom , type = Valley glacier , location = Valle Anzasca, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola (VB), Piedmont, Italy , coordinates = , map = Alps#North ...

, in the Italian Alps *

Belvedere, Suvereto Belvedere is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Suvereto, province of Livorno. At the time of the 2001 census its population was 12.Belvedur Belvedur (; it, Belvedere) is a small settlement in the City Municipality of Koper in the Littoral region of Slovenia. History In 1954, when the Free Territory of Trieste was dissolved and Zone B was assigned to Yugoslavia, Belvedur (together wit ...

, Slovenia

North America

Belvedere, California Belvedere is a residential incorporated city located on the San Francisco Bay in Marin County, California, United States. Consisting of two islands and a lagoon, it is connected to the Tiburon Peninsula by two causeways. At the 2020 census, the ...

, a city **

Belvedere Lagoon __NOTOC__ Belvedere Lagoon is an artificial lagoon on San Francisco Bay in Belvedere in Marin County, California. Narrow strips of land separate it from Richardson Bay (to the northwest) and Raccoon Strait. The lagoon is owned and maintained by ...

, an artificial lagoon ** Belvedere Park, California * Belvedere, a neighborhood, now part of

East Los Angeles, California East Los Angeles ( es, Este de Los Ángeles), or East L.A., is an unincorporated area in Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census it had a population of 118,786, a drop of 6.1% from 2010 United States Cen ...

Belvedere Island Belvedere Island (formerly, El Potrero de la Punta del Tiburon, Kashow's Island, Peninsula Island, Promontory Island, and Still Island) is a rocky island in the San Francisco Bay in Marin County, California which was formerly separated by a mar ...

, Marin County, California *

Belvedere, Delaware Belvedere is an unincorporated community in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. Belvedere is at the junction of state routes 62 and 141, north of Newport and south of Prices Corner, from downtown Wilmington. Belvedere uses the Wilmingt ...

, an unincorporated community * Belvedere, Michigan, ghost town *

Belvedere, Ohio Belvedere is an unincorporated community in Wayne Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It is located between Bloomingdale and Wintersville along U.S. Route 22 U.S. Route 22 (US 22) is a west–east route and is one of the orig ...

, a populated place *

Belvedere, South Carolina Belvedere is a census-designated place (CDP) and suburb of North Augusta in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. It is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area. The population was 5,792 at the 2010 census. Belvedere (from Italian, ...

, a census-designated place *

Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere is a public area on the Ohio River in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Although proposed as early as 1930, the project did not get off the ground until $13.5 million in funding was secured in 1969 to revitalize the downtow ...

, a public area in Louisville, Kentucky *

Belvedere, United States Virgin Islands Belvedere is a settlement on the north coast of the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. Belvedere lies along North Shore Road or Route 80. History The area was a major sugar producing area during the colonial period. Belve ...

, a settlement *

Belvedere, Alberta Belvedere is a locality in Alberta, Canada. The community was named from the Italian ''belvedere Belvedere (from Italian, meaning "beautiful sight") may refer to: Places Australia *Belvedere, Queensland, a locality in the Cassowary Coast ...

, Canada, a locality *

Belvedere, Edmonton Belvedere is a residential neighbourhood in north east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is located on the west side of the Canadian National Railway right of way close to the Belvedere LRT station. The neighbourhood is triangle-shaped with the ra ...

, Alberta, Canada, a neighborhood

South America

Belvedere, Montevideo Belvedere is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. An area known as Paso Molino, which starts in the Prado and extends into Belvedere, is a frequented shopping venue. Location Belvedere borders Nuevo París to the northw ...

, Uruguay, a neighborhood

Buildings

Belvedere (structure) A belvedere or belvidere (from Italian for "beautiful view") is an architectural structure sited to take advantage of a fine or scenic view. The term has been used both for rooms in the upper part of a building or structures on the roof, or a ...

, in architecture, a structure designed to incorporate a view *

Belvedere, Vienna The Belvedere is a historic building complex in Vienna, Austria, consisting of two Baroque palaces (the Upper and Lower Belvedere), the Orangery, and the Palace Stables. The buildings are set in a Baroque park landscape in the third district o ...

, Austria, a palace complex **

Belvedere (Palace Chapel) Belvedere Palace Chapel is a chapel located in the south eastern corner tower of the Upper Belvedere in Vienna, Austria. It was designed by the Austrian architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. History Construction of the chapel was completed in 17 ...

Hotel Belvédère du Rayon Vert The Belvédère du Rayon Vert is a former hotel in Cerbère, France, designed in the art deco style by the Perpignan architect, Léon Baille, and built between 1928 and 1932. It has the overall appearance of a ship. It had its own cinema and a te ...

, Art Deco building at Cerbère, France *

Belvedere auf dem Pfingstberg The Belvedere on the Pfingstberg (german: link=no, Belvedere auf dem Pfingstberg) is a large structure north of the New Garden in Potsdam, Germany, at the summit of Pfingstberg hill. It was commissioned by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia a ...

, a palace in Potsdam, Germany *

Belvedere auf dem Klausberg The Belvedere auf dem Klausberg is a building in Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, Germany erected in 1770–72 using Georg Christian Unger's plans. Architecture Georg Christian Unger based his plans on a drawing by the Italian archeologist Francesco Bi ...

, a building in Potsdam, Germany *

Schloss Belvedere, Weimar The Baroque palace Schloss Belvedere on the outskirts of Weimar,The more famous Schloss Belvedere is located in Vienna. is a pleasure-house (''Lustschloss'') built for house-parties, built in 1724–1732 to designs of Johann August Richter and Go ...

, Germany, a small palace *

Belvedere Castle Belvedere Castle is a folly in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City. It contains exhibit rooms, an observation deck, and since 1919 has housed Central Park’s official weather station. Belvedere Castle was designed by Calvert Vaux and Jac ...

, a folly in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City *

Belvédère Castle Belvédère Castle (French language, French: ''Château du Belvédère''; Dutch language, Dutch: ''Kasteel Belvédère'') is a Belgian royal residence in Laeken, Belgium, which currently houses Albert II of Belgium and his wife, Queen Paola of Be ...

, Laeken, Belgium *

Queen Anne's Summer Palace Queen Anne's Summer Palace (Czech: ''Letohrádek královny Anny''), sometimes called Belvedere, is a Renaissance building located in the Royal Garden of Prague Castle in the Czech Republic. It is considered to be one of the purest Italian Renaiss ...

, Prague, Czech Republic *

Cortile del Belvedere The (Belvedere Courtyard or Belvedere Court) was a major architectural work of the High Renaissance at the Vatican Palace in Rome. Designed by Donato Bramante from 1505 onward, its concept and details reverberated in courtyard design, formalized ...

or Belvedere Courtyard, Vatican Palace, Rome *

Belvedere Estate The Belvedere Estate consists of Belvedere House and the grounds surrounding it, in which the National Library of India is housed, since 1948. It is located in Alipore, near the zoo, in Kolkata. Belvedere House was the former palace for the Vic ...

, Calcutta, which houses the National Library of India *

Belvedere Garden Belvedere Garden () is one of the largest-scale private housing estates in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong, located at the seaside of Tsuen Wan West. Developed by Cheung Kong Holdings, it comprises 6,016 flats in 19 high rise residenti ...

, a private housing estate in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong *

Belvedere House and Gardens Belvedere House and Gardens () is a country house located approximately from Mullingar, County Westmeath in Ireland on the north-east shore of Lough Ennell. It was built in 1740 as a hunting lodge for Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere ...

, Ireland *

Fort Belvedere (disambiguation) Fort Belvedere may refer to: * Belvedere (fort), a 16th-century fort in Florence, Italy, built by Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici * Fort Belvedere, Surrey, the country home of King Edward VIII, scene of his 1936 abdication * "Fort Belvedere", a ...

Belvedere Hotel The Belvedere is a Beaux Arts style building in Baltimore, Maryland. Designed by the Boston architectural firm of Parker and Thomas and built in 1902–1903, the Belvedere is a Baltimore City Landmark at the southeast corner of North Charles St ...

, Baltimore, Maryland, United States * Belvedere (West Virginia), United States, a mansion in the National Register of Historic Places *

Estadio Belvedere Estadio Belvedere is a multi-use stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay. It is currently used primarily for football matches. The stadium holds 10,000 people and was built in 1909. On August 15, 1910, in a game at Estadio Belvedere, the Uruguay nation ...

, a multi-use stadium in Montevideo, Uruguay * Belvédère tower, an observation tower near Mulhouse, Alsace, France *

Belvedere Water Tower The Water Tower Belvedere is a water tower of reinforced concrete construction in Aachen, Germany, located on the Lousberg hill. It was built in 1956. The water tower accommodates a revolving restaurant, which reopened in 2005 after being closed ...

, Aachen, Germany * Belvedere Apartments (Columbia, Missouri), a residential complex in Columbia, Missouri, United States *

Villa St Ignatius Villa St Ignatius ( mt, Villa Sant'Injazju) is a historic villa located in the Balluta Bay, Balluta area of St Julian's, Malta, St Julian's, Malta. It was built in the early 19th century for the English merchant John Watson, and it might be the ea ...

(originally called Bel-Vedere), St. Julian's, Malta * Belevedere, earlier name of

Pontikokastro Pontikokastro ( el, Ποντικόκαστρο), known in French as ''Beauvoir'' and Italian as ''Belveder'' during the late Middle Ages, is a Byzantine castle in Agios Andreas, Katakolo, in the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. History The ...

, a castle in southern Greece * Belvedere, Belvederio dvaras,

Lithuania Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...

Belweder Belweder (; from the Italian language, Italian ''belvedere'', "beautiful view") is a Neoclassical architecture, neoclassical palace in Warsaw, Poland. Erected in 1660 and remodelled in the early 1800s, it is one of several official residences u ...

, a former presidential palace in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...

Schools

Belvedere College Belvedere College S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. The school has numerous alumni in the arts, politics, sports, science, and business. History Belvedere owes its origin ...

, Dublin, Ireland, a private Jesuit secondary school for boys *

The Belvedere Academy The Belvedere Academy is an all-ability state-funded girls’ Academy secondary- formerly independent- school in Liverpool, England. Its predecessor, The Belvedere School, was founded in 1880 as Liverpool High School. It is non-denominational, ...

, a girls' school in Liverpool, England

Football clubs

Belvedere F.C. Belvedere Football Club is an Irish association football club based in Fairview/Clontarf, Dublin. Belvedere currently fields teams in the Dublin & District Schoolboy League. The club has also entered teams in the FAI Youth Cup, the FAI Under-1 ...

, an Irish association football club *

Burnley Belvedere F.C. Burnley Belvedere Football Club is a football club based in Burnley, Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundarie ...

, an English association football club

Transportation

* – an East Indiaman of the British East India Company *

Bristol Belvedere The Bristol Type 192 Belvedere is a British twin-engine, tandem rotor military helicopter built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It was designed by Raoul Hafner for a variety of transport roles including troop transport, supply dropping and ca ...

, a British military helicopter designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company *

Plymouth Belvedere Plymouth Belvedere is a series of American automobile models made by Plymouth from 1954 until 1970. The Belvedere name was first used for a new hardtop body style in the Plymouth Cranbrook line for the 1951 model year. In 1954 the Belvedere re ...

, an American automobile made by Plymouth from 1951 through 1970 *

Belvedere railway station Belvedere railway station is a railway station in South East London between Abbey Wood and Erith. It is measured from . It is served by Southeastern. A level crossing beyond the western end of the platforms was closed before the westerly exte ...

, London, United Kingdom *

Belvedere LRT Station Belvedere station is an Edmonton Light Rail Transit in Edmonton, Alberta. It serves the Capital Line. It is a ground-level station located at Fort Road and 129 Avenue. History The station is one of the original five stations, and opened on April ...

, 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 John William Godward (9 August 1861 – 13 December 1922) was an English painter from the end of the Neo-Classicist era. He was a protégé of Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, but his style of painting fell out of favour with the rise of modern ...

Belvedere (band) Belvedere is a Canadian punk rock band from Calgary and Edmonton, Canada formed in 1995. History Taking their name from the '80s sitcom, Belvedere began in Calgary, in 1995, as the three-piece band of Steve Rawles (guitar/vocals), Brock (bass) ...

, a Canadian punk rock band founded in the late 1990s * ''Belvedere'' (comic strip), running from 1962 * ''Belvedere'' (film), a 2010 film *

Lynn Aloysius Belvedere Lynn Aloysius Belvedere is a fictional character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel ''Belvedere'', and later adapted for film and television. Novel ''Belvedere'' was written in 1947 by Gwen Davenport, and concerns an English housekeeper ...

, 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 Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the north and Somerset to the south. Bristol is the most populous city in ...

card game *

Österreichische Galerie Belvedere The Österreichische Galerie Belvedere is a museum housed in the Belvedere palace, in Vienna, Austria. The Belvedere palaces were the summer residence of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736). The ensemble was built in the early eighteenth centu ...

, Vienna, Austria, an art museum housed in Belvedere Castle

Business

Belvédère (company) Marie Brizard Wine & Spirits () is a French wine and spirits producer and distributor. The company was founded in 1991. It is listed on the French stock market, and is a member of the CAC Small 90 index. The recipes of its most famous liquor, "''Ani ...

, an alcohol-related company based in Beaune, France * Belvedere Records, an American record label *

Belvedere Vodka Belvedere Vodka is a brand of Poland, Polish rye vodka produced and distributed by LVMH. It is named after Belweder, the Polish presidential palace in Warsaw, whose illustration appears on its bottles. It is produced in the town of Żyrardów i ...

, a brand of Polish vodka

People

Andrea Belvedere Abate Andrea Belvedere (born 1646) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period. Life and Work It is believed that the painter was born not in 1646, as De Dominici reported, but around 1652, based on the discovery, by Prota Giurleo, of the ac ...

(1646–?), Italian Baroque painter *

Robert Mascara Robert "Belvedere" Mascara (born 6 April 1972) is an Australian television floor manager and assistant director. Of Italian descent, Mascara was born in Melbourne and began his career in December 1989 at the Nine Network where he was working as ...

(born 1972), floor manager on the show ''Good Morning Australia'', nicknamed "Belvedere"

Other uses

Earl of Belvedere Earl of Belvedere (alternative spelling: ''Belvidere'') was a title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1756 for Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere, Robert Rochfort, 1st Viscount Belfield. The title and its subsidiaries became extinct in 1814 ...

, an Irish peerage from 1756 to 1814