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), 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 Communes of France, commune in the Vésubie valley north of Nice in the Alpes-Maritimes Departments of France, department in southeastern France. The village of Belvédère is located at the entran ...

, Alpes-Maritimes, France, a commune * Belvedere Giacomo Puccini, 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 G ...

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

Belvedere Glacier The Belvedere Glacier ( it, Ghiacciaio del Belvedere) is a valley glacier located above Macugnaga of the Valle Anzasca in the region of Piedmont. The glacier lies at the base of the east face of Monte Rosa. It reaches approximately above sea leve ...

, in the Italian Alps * Belvedere, Suvereto, Tuscany, Italy * Belvedur, 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, th ...

, a city ** Belvedere Lagoon, 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 census it had a population of 118,786, a drop of 6.1% from 2010, when it was 126,496. For statistical purpo ...

* Belvedere Island, Marin County, California * Belvedere, Delaware, 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, a public area in Louisville, Kentucky * Belvedere, United States Virgin Islands, a settlement *

Belvedere, Alberta Belvedere is a locality in Alberta, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making ...

, 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 ...

, 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 nor ...

, 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 Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europ ...

Hotel Belvédère du Rayon Vert The Belvédère du Rayon Vert is a former hotel in Cerbère, France, designed in the art deco Art Deco, short for the French ''Arts Décoratifs'', and sometimes just called Deco, is a style of visual arts, architecture, and product design, ...

, 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 ...

, 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 G ...

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

, 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, 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 resident ...

, a private housing estate in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong * Belvedere House and Gardens, Ireland * Fort Belvedere (disambiguation) * 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 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, a castle in southern Greece * Belvedere, Belvederio dvaras, Lithuania *

Belweder Belweder (; from the Italian ''belvedere'', "beautiful view") is a neoclassical palace in Warsaw, Poland. Erected in 1660 and remodelled in the early 1800s, it is one of several official residences used by Polish presidents as well as a state ...

, 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 populou ...

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

* – an East Indiaman of the British East India Company * Bristol Belvedere, 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, 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 * 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 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), 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 ea ...

, 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, "''An ...

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

Belvedere Vodka Belvedere Vodka is a brand of 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 in Pol ...

, a brand of Polish vodka

People

* Andrea Belvedere (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, an Irish peerage from 1756 to 1814