Belvedere

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

General use

• Belvédère (company), an alcohol related company based in Beaune, France
• Belvedere (structure), architectural term for a structure designed to incorporate a view
• Earl of Belvedere, an Irish peerage from 1756 to 1814
• Belvedere (vodka), a brand of Polish vodka

Transportation

• Bristol Belvedere, helicopter designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (later Westland Aircraft)
• Plymouth Belvedere, American automobile made by Plymouth from 1951 through 1970

Sports and entertainment

• Belvedere (band), Canadian punk rock band founded in the late 1990s
• Belvedere (comic strip), running from 1962
• Belvedere (film), a 2010 film
• Belvedere FC, Irish youth football club
• Lynn Aloysius Belvedere, the main character from the 1947 novel Belvedere by Gwen Davenport, portrayed in a series of films by Clifton Webb
  • Mr. Belvedere, American sitcom that aired from 1985 to 1990, based on the novel
• Belvedere Records
• Robert Mascara, floor manager on the show Good Morning Australia, nicknamed "Belvedere"

Buildings

• Belvedere, Vienna, palace complex in Vienna, Austria
• Hotel Belvédère du Rayon Vert, Art Deco building at Cerbère, France
• Belvedere auf dem Pfingstberg, palace in Potsdam, Germany
• Belvedere auf dem Klausberg, a building in Potsdam, Germany
• Belvedere Estate in Calcutta, which houses the National Library of India
• Belvedere House and Gardens in Ireland
• Belvedere College, Dublin, Ireland
• Belvedere (fort) in Florence, Italy
• Belweder (Belvedere Palace) in Warsaw, Poland
• Belvedere railway station, London, UK
• The Belvedere Academy (formerly The Belvedere School), GDST girls school in Liverpool, UK
• Claremont (country house) (Claremont Belvedere), a stately home in Surrey, UK
• Belvedere Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Cortile del Belvedere, Vatican City
• Belvedere, Cottesloe, a heritage site in Cottesloe, Western Australia

Places

Canada

• Belvedere, Edmonton, Alberta, a neighbourhood
• Belvedere (ETS), an LRT station and major transit centre in Edmonton, AB

France

• Belvédère, Alpes-Maritimes

Italy

• Belvedere Marittimo, Calabria
• Mount Belvedere in northern Italy, an important position in the Battle of Monte Castello
• Lizzano in Belvedere, a municipality in the Province of Bologna

United Kingdom

• Belvedere, London

United States

• Belvedere, California, in Marin County
• Belvedere, Glenn County, California
• Belvedere, South Carolina
• Belvedere Club in Charlevoix, Michigan, a wealthy and historic summer home community and golf club
• Belvedere Park, Georgia
• Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere in Louisville, Kentucky, next to the wharf on the Ohio River
• Belvedere (West Virginia), a historic farm near Charles Town, West Virginia, United States

Uruguay

• Belvedere, Montevideo, a neighborhood of Montevideo

Zimbabwe

• Belvedere, Harare, suburb in Zimbabwe

Other

• Belvedere (M. C. Escher), famous 1958 lithograph by M. C. Escher

See also

• Belvidere (disambiguation)