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

Places

Australia

Belvedere, Queensland Belvedere is a rural Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Cassowary Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Belvedere had a population of 943 people. Geography Belvedere is a low-lying locality (approx 10–20 metres above ...

, a locality in the Cassowary Coast Region

Africa

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

Europe

Belvédère Belvédère (; ; ) 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 entrance of the Gordolasque val ...

, Alpes-Maritimes, France, a commune * , northern Italy; see

10th Mountain Division (United States) The 10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry) is a light infantry division in the United States Army based at Fort Drum, New York. Formerly designated as a mountain warfare unit, the division was the only one of its size in the U.S. military ...

Belvedere 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, Zi ...

, palace complex in Vienna, Austria *

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. Before the creation of G ...

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

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

East Los Angeles, California East Los Angeles (), or East L.A., is an Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community and census designated place (CDP) situated within Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, ...

* 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 Ohio ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Lake Erie to the north, Pennsylvani ...

, a populated place * Belvedere, South Carolina, a census-designated place *

Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere ''For other uses see Riverfront Plaza (disambiguation)'' 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 millio ...

, a public area in Louisville, Kentucky * Belvedere, U.S. Virgin Islands, a settlement *

Belvedere, Alberta Belvedere is a locality in Alberta Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia t ...

, 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 r ...

, Alberta, Canada, a neighborhood *

Belvedere, Calgary Belvedere is a residential neighborhood in the southeast quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is located east of Applewood Park and north of 17th Avenue SE. History Belvedere was approved by Calgary City Council on April 8, 2013. Construction beg ...

, Alberta, 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 north ...

, Uruguay, a neighborhood

Buildings

Belvedere (structure) A belvedere or belvidere ( ; from ) 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 separate pavilion in a ga ...

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

Belvedere, Vienna The Belvedere is a historic building complex in Vienna, 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 distr ...

, 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 ...

Belvedere auf dem Pfingstberg The Belvedere on the Pfingstberg () is a palace north of the New Garden in Potsdam, Germany, at the summit of Pfingstberg hill. It was commissioned by King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia and built between 1847 and 1863 as a viewing platform. ...

, 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 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 Ja ...

, a folly in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City * Belvédère Castle, 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, formalize ...

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) Fort Belvedere may refer to: * Belvedere (fort) The Forte di Belvedere or Fortezza di Santa Maria in San Giorgio del Belvedere (often called simply Belvedere) is a fortification in Florence, Italy. History Forte Belvedere is the second and la ...

* 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 Estadio Belvédère is a football stadium in the Belvedere district of Montevideo, Uruguay. The stadium holds 8,000 people and was inaugurated in July 1909. On August 15, 1910, the stadium hosted the match where the Uruguay national football team ...

, 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 Villa St Ignatius () 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 earliest example of Gothi ...

(originally called Bel-Vedere), St. Julian's, Malta * Belevedere, an earlier name of Pontikokastro, a castle in southern Greece * , in Seredžius, 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

Schools

Belvedere College Belvedere College Society of Jesus, S.J. (sometimes St Francis Xavier's College) is a fee-paying voluntary secondary school for boys in Dublin, Ireland. Formally established in 1832 at Hardwicke Street in north inner city Dublin, the school was ...

, 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 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 cas ...

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

Plymouth Belvedere The Plymouth Belvedere is a series of United States, American automobile models made by Plymouth (automobile), Plymouth from 1954 until 1970. The Belvedere name was first used for a new hardtop body style in the Plymouth Cranbrook line for the ...

, 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) 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, 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 status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, the most populous city in the region. Built around the River Avon, Bristol, River Avon, it is bordered by t ...

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 ear ...

, 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, CAC Small 90 index. The recipes of its most famous l ...

, 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 Poland ...

, 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" * Vittoria Belvedere (born 1972), Italian actress

Other uses

* Earl of Belvedere, an Irish peerage from 1756 to 1814