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A belvedere / ˈ b ɛ l v ɪ d ɪər / or belvidere (from Italian for "beautiful view") is an architectural structure sited to take advantage of a fine or scenic view. [1] 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 Belvedere is a historic building complex in Vienna, Austria consisting of two Baroque palaces (the Upper and Lower Belvedere), the Orangery, and the Palace Stables. The buildings are set in a Baroque park landscape in the third district of the city, on the south-eastern edge of its centre.
Step-backs lower the building's center of mass, making it more stable. A setback as a minimum one-bay indent across all stories is called a recessed bay or recess and is the more common exterior form of an alcove. Upper stories forming a step-back may form a belvedere – and in residential use are considered the penthouse.
Belvedere Lagoon is situated between the two causeways (Beach Road and San Rafael Avenue) that connect Belvedere Island to the town of Tiburon. Belvedere has a total area of 2.42 sq mi (6.3 km 2), of which 0.54 sq mi (1.4 km 2) is land and 1.89 sq mi (4.9 km 2) (78%) is water. [12]
Innocent VIII began construction of the Villa Belvedere on the high ground overlooking old St Peter's Basilica, in 1484.Here, where the breezes could tame the Roman summer, he had the Florentine architect Antonio del Pollaiuolo, design and complete by 1487 a little summerhouse, which also had views to the east of central Rome and north to the pastures beyond the Castel Sant'Angelo (the Prati ...
The sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) How IRS cuts could affect collections and enforcement
Queen Anne's Summer Palace (Czech: Letohrádek královny Anny), sometimes called Belvedere, is a Renaissance building located in the Royal Garden of Prague Castle in the Czech Republic. It is considered to be one of the purest Italian Renaissance architecture located outside of Italy .
A sign is seen at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) building after it was reported the IRS will lay off about 6,700 employees, a restructuring that could strain the tax-collecting agency's ...