Belvedere (structure)
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A belvedere or belvidere 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
Belvederes crown the two towers at the outer corners of Blenheim Palace, United Kingdom
Pashkov House in Moscow, Russia, crowned with a belvedere
A carousel in the Cortile del Belvedere, 1565
Belvedere in the park of the Glienicke Palace, in Berlin
Belvedere Castle
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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 (structure)
…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. On the hillside above the Vatican Palace (c. 1480–1490), Antonio del Pollaiuolo built a small pavilion (casino…
Belvedere Castle and Turtle Pond, Central Park, Manhattan, New York
The tower in February 2005; note the anemometer and wind vane on the top; these instruments record the official wind speed and direction for Central Park
The remainder of the current weather station for Central Park is located in the wooded area immediately south of the castle, protected by a chain link fence topped with barbed wire
Mould's bronze cockatrice, part of a transom over a doorway of the Castle in 2004