Belvedere
Encyclopedia
General use
- Belvédère (company)Belvédère (company)Belvédère is a alcohol-related company based in Beaune, France. It was founded in 1991 and is a member of the CAC Small 90.The company controls the creation and distribution of Sobieski, a Polish brand of vodka. The Polish vodka Belvedere is produced and distributed by LVMH. Other brands include...
, an alcohol related company based in Beaune, France - Belvedere (structure)Belvedere (structure)Belvedere is an architectural term adopted from Italian , which refers to any architectural structure sited to take advantage of such a view. A belvedere may be built in the upper part of a building so as to command a fine view...
, architectural term for a structure designed to incorporate a view - Earl of BelvedereEarl of BelvedereThe title Earl of Belvedere was created in 1756 in the Peerage of Ireland. The associated titles were Baron Bellfield and Viscount Bellfield...
, an Irish peerage from 1756 to 1814 - Belvedere (vodka)Belvedere (vodka)Belvedere is a luxury brand of Polish vodka produced and distributed by LVMH. It is named after Belweder, the Polish presidential palace, whose illustration appears on the company's bottles. It is produced exclusively in Poland in the town of Żyrardów and has worldwide distribution....
, a brand of Polish vodka
Transportation
- Bristol BelvedereBristol BelvedereThe Bristol Type 192 Belvedere is a British twin-engine, tandem rotor military helicopter built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company. It was designed for a variety of transport roles including troop transport, supply dropping and casualty evacuation...
, helicopter designed by the Bristol Aeroplane Company (later Westland Aircraft) - Plymouth BelvederePlymouth BelvedereThe Plymouth Belvedere was an American automobile produced by Plymouth from 1951-1970.-1951–1953:Introduced on March 31, the 1951 Plymouth Belvedere arrived as a two-door pillarless hardtop. It was Plymouth's first vehicle of such design and was built in response to Chevrolet's Bel Air...
, American automobile made by Plymouth from 1951 through 1970
Sports and entertainment
- Belvedere (band)Belvedere (band)Belvedere was a Canadian Punk Rock band formed in 1995. Originally not meant to play a show, they gained a cult following in Canada's punk scene...
, Canadian punk rock band founded in the late 1990s - Belvedere (comic strip)Belvedere (comic strip)Belvedere is a single panel comic strip created by George Webster Crenshaw which ran from 1962 to 1995. The star of the strip is a white dog with black spots. The classic strips are still distributed by Johansen International Features.-Characters and story:...
, running from 1962 - Belvedere (film)Belvedere (film)Belvedere is a 2010 drama film from Bosnia & Herzegovina, directed by Ahmed Imamovic. The film has been selected as the Bosnian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards.-Plot:...
, a 2010 film - Belvedere FCBelvedere FCBelvedere Football Club is an Irish youth football club based in Fairview, Dublin. Originally founded in 1971, the club plays in the Dublin & District Soccer League...
, Irish youth football club - Lynn Aloysius BelvedereLynn Aloysius BelvedereLynn Aloysius Belvedere is a fictional character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere and later adapted for film and television.-Film:Three films featured the character, starring Clifton Webb as Lynn Belvedere:...
, the main character from the 1947 novel Belvedere by Gwen Davenport, portrayed in a series of films by Clifton Webb- Mr. BelvedereMr. BelvedereMr. Belvedere is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985, until July 8, 1990. The series was based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, which was later adapted into the 1948 film Sitting Pretty...
, American sitcom that aired from 1985 to 1990, based on the novel
- Mr. Belvedere
- Belvedere RecordsBelvedere RecordsBelvedere Records was a record label founded by Hochschild, Kohn & Co., a department store located in Baltimore, Maryland in 1922. It released records by Ford Dabney’s Syncopated Orchestra, W. C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band and the Original Memphis Five....
- Robert MascaraRobert MascaraRobert "Belvedere" Mascara is a Television Floor Manager, 1st Assistant Director, event co-ordinator and personality.Of Italian descent, Mascara was born in Melbourne and began his career in December 1989 at the Nine Network where he was a working as a production assistant on Carols By Candlelight...
, floor manager on the show Good Morning Australia, nicknamed "Belvedere"
Buildings
- Belvedere, Vienna, palace complex in Vienna, Austria
- Hotel Belvédère du Rayon VertHotel Belvédère du Rayon VertThe Belvédère du Rayon Vert was a hotel in Cerbère, France, designed in the art deco style by the Perpignan architect, Léon Baille, and built between 1928 and 1932. It has the overall appearance of a ship. It has its own cinema, and a tennis court on the roof....
, Art Deco building at Cerbère, France - Belvedere auf dem PfingstbergBelvedere auf dem PfingstbergThe Belvedere auf dem Pfingstberg is a palace in the northern part of the Neuer Garten park in Potsdam, Germany, atop Pfingstberg mountain. It was commissioned by Friedrich Wilhelm IV and is only one part of an originally substantially more extensive building project...
, palace in Potsdam, Germany - Belvedere auf dem KlausbergBelvedere auf dem KlausbergThe Belvedere auf dem Klausberg is a building in Sanssouci Park in Potsdam, Germany.-Architecture:Georg Christian Unger based his plans on a drawing by the Italian archeologist Francesco Bianchini from his 1738 volume Del Palazzo de' Cesari. Biancini had tried to reconstruct the Imperial Palace on...
, a building in Potsdam, Germany - Belvedere EstateBelvedere EstateThe Belvedere Estate consists of Belvedere House and the 30 acre grounds surrounding it, in which the National Library of India is housed. Its is located near the Alipore Zoological Gardens, in Calcutta...
in Calcutta, which houses the National Library of India - Belvedere House and GardensBelvedere House and GardensBelvedere House and Gardens is a famous country house located near Mullingar, in county Westmeath, Ireland. Its gardens which include The Jealous Wall and many hectares of forest, attract thousands of visitors annually for their beauty...
in Ireland - Belvedere CollegeBelvedere CollegeBelvedere College SJ is a private secondary school for boys located on Great Denmark Street, Dublin, Ireland. It is also known as St. Francis Xavier's College....
, Dublin, Ireland - Belvedere (fort)Belvedere (fort)The Forte di Belvedere or Fortezza di Santa Maria in San Giorgio del Belvedere is a fortification in Florence, Italy...
in Florence, Italy - BelwederBelwederBelweder is a palace in Warsaw, a few kilometers south of the Royal Castle. The President of the Republic of Poland, Bronisław Komorowski, resides at Belweder.-History:...
(Belvedere Palace) in Warsaw, Poland - Belvedere railway stationBelvedere railway stationBelvedere railway station is a railway station in South East London between Abbey Wood and Erith. It is served by Southeastern. A level crossing beyond the platforms' western limits was closed prior to the westerly extension of platforms circa 1994 and the ticket office and passenger shelters were...
, London, UK - The Belvedere Academy (formerly The Belvedere School), GDST girls school in Liverpool, UK
- Claremont (country house)Claremont (country house)Claremont, also known historically as 'Clermont', is an 18th-century Palladian mansion situated less than a mile south of Esher in Surrey, England...
(Claremont Belvedere), a stately home in Surrey, UK - Belvedere HotelBelvedere HotelThe Belvedere Hotel is a Beaux Arts style building in Baltimore, Maryland. Designed by the Boston architectural firm of Thomas and Parker and built in 1903, the Belvedere is a Baltimore landmark in the city's fashionable Mount Vernon neighborhood...
, Baltimore, Maryland, United States - Cortile del BelvedereCortile del BelvedereThe Cortile del Belvedere, the Belvedere courtyard, designed by Donato Bramante from 1506 onwards, was a major architectural work of the High Renaissance at the Vatican Palace in Rome; its concept and details reverberating in courtyard design, formalized piazzas and garden plans throughout Western...
, Vatican City
Places
Canada- Belvedere, EdmontonBelvedere, EdmontonBelvedere 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....
, Alberta, a neighbourhood - Belvedere (ETS)Belvedere (ETS)Belvedere Station is a station on the LRT system in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is operated by the Edmonton Transit System, and was one of the original five stations when the line opened on April 22, 1978...
, an LRT station and major transit centre in Edmonton, AB
France
- BelvédèreBelvédèreBelvédère is a commune in the Alpes-Maritimes department in southeastern France. The village of Belvédère is an attractive village sitting above the river Vésubie at the entrance of the Gordolasque valley.-Population:-History:-The Bronze Age:...
, Alpes-Maritimes
Italy
- Belvedere MarittimoBelvedere MarittimoBelvedere Marittimo is a town and comune in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern Italy.The town is made of two separate urbanized areas also called "paese" and "marina"...
, Calabria - Mount Belvedere in northern Italy, an important position in the Battle of Monte CastelloBattle of Monte CastelloThe Battle of Monte Castello was an engagement which took place from 25 November 1944 to 22 February 1945 during the Italian campaign. It was fought between the Allied forces advancing into northern Italy and dug-in German defenders. The battle marked the Brazilian Expeditionary Force's entry into...
- Lizzano in BelvedereLizzano in BelvedereLizzano in Belvedere is a comune in the Province of Bologna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about 50 km southwest of Bologna.-External links:*...
, a municipality in the Province of Bologna
United Kingdom
- Belvedere, LondonBelvedere, LondonBelvedere is a suburban and largely working class area and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bexley in Southeast London.-History:The area which is today known as Belvedere was originally part of Lesness Heath, which originally stretched from the area of Lesnes Abbey to Erith and constituted...
United States
- Belvedere, CaliforniaBelvedere, CaliforniaBelvedere is an affluent city in Marin County, California, United States. Belvedere is located northeast of Sausalito, at an elevation of 36 feet...
, in Marin County - Belvedere, Glenn County, CaliforniaBelvedere, Glenn County, CaliforniaBelvedere is a former settlement in Glenn County, California. It was located southeast of Willows. When settled, Belvedere was in Colusa County, but broke off with the remainder of Glenn County.A post office operated at Belvedere in 1879....
- Belvedere, South CarolinaBelvedere, South CarolinaBelvedere is a census-designated place and suburb of North Augusta in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. It is part of the Augusta, Georgia metropolitan area...
- Belvedere ClubBelvedere ClubThe Belvedere Club, located just south of Charlevoix, Michigan is an elite summer home association nestled between Round Lake and Lake Charlevoix. Members are generally wealthy and come from the Midwest and South. Many prominent and socially elite families have been resorting to the club for...
in Charlevoix, Michigan, a wealthy and historic summer home community and golf club - Belvedere Park, GeorgiaBelvedere Park, GeorgiaBelvedere Park is a census-designated place in DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The population was 15,152 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Belvedere Park is located at .It is bordered by:...
- Riverfront Plaza/BelvedereRiverfront Plaza/BelvedereRiverfront Plaza/Belvedere is a public area on the Ohio River in Downtown Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Although proposed as early as 1930, the project did not get off the ground until $13.5 million in funding was secured in 1969 to revitalize the downtown area . On April 27, 1973 the Riverfront...
in Louisville, Kentucky, next to the wharf on the Ohio River - Belvedere (West Virginia)Belvedere (West Virginia)Belvedere, also known as Belvidere, was built near Charles Town, West Virginia by Magnus Tate II in 1807. The Federal style mansion is situated at the end of a tree-lined driveway and commands a sweeping view of the Blue Ridge Mountains....
, a historic farm near Charles Town, West Virginia, United States
Uruguay
- Belvedere, MontevideoBelvedere, MontevideoBelvedere is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. It borders Nuevo París to the northwest, Sayago to the northeast, Paso de las Duranas to the east, Prado to the southeast, La Teja and Tres Ombúes to the south. An area known as Paso Molino, which starts in the Prado and extends into Belvedere, is a...
, a neighborhood of Montevideo
Zimbabwe
- Belvedere, HarareBelvedere, HarareBelvedere, Harare is a suburb of Harare, the capital city of Zimbabwe and the country's largest metropolitan area.-Location:Belvedere lies to the west of Harare's central business district and connects the center of the city to the more western suburbs of Warren Park, where the National Sports...
, suburb in Zimbabwe
Other
- Belvedere (M. C. Escher)Belvedere (M. C. Escher)Belvedere is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in May 1958. It shows a plausible-looking building which turns out to be impossible....
, famous 1958 lithograph by M. C. Escher