Belvedere
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Belvedere (from Italian "beautiful sight") may refer to:
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[edit] 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
[edit] Transportation
- Bristol Belvedere, helicopter designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (later Westland Aircraft)
- Plymouth Belvedere, American automobile made by Plymouth from 1951 through 1970
[edit] 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"
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
- 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
[edit] Other
- Belvedere (M. C. Escher), famous 1958 lithograph by M. C. Escher
[edit] See also
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