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Belvedere (structure)

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Belvederes on top of Blenheim Palace, England
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Pashkov House in Moscow, Russia, crowned with a belvedere

A belvedere or belvidere (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell; from Template:Langnf) is an architectural structure sited to take advantage of a fine or scenic view.<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref> 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 garden or park. The actual structure can be of any form or style, including a turret, a cupola or an open gallery.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The term may be also used for a paved terrace or just a place with a good viewpoint, but no actual building.

It has also been used as a name for a whole building, as in the Belvedere, Vienna, a huge palace, or Belvedere Castle, a folly in Central Park in New York.

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On the hillside above the Vatican Palace (Template:Circa–1490), Antonio del Pollaiuolo built a small pavilion ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}} in Italian) named the palazzetto or the Belvedere for Pope Innocent VIII. Some years later Donato Bramante linked the Vatican with the Belvedere, a commission from Pope Julius II, by creating the Cortile del Belvedere ("Courtyard of the Belvedere"), in which stood the Apollo Belvedere, among the most famous of antique sculptures. This began the fashion in the 16th century for the belvedere.

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