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Definition of Belvedere
1. Noun. Densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn.
Group relationships: Bassia, Genus Bassia, Genus Kochia, Kochia
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub
2. Noun. A gazebo sited to command a fine view.
Definition of Belvedere
1. n. A small building, or a part of a building, more or less open, constructed in a place commanding a fine prospect.
Definition of Belvedere
1. Noun. (architecture) A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Belvedere
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belvedere
Literary usage of Belvedere
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Pleasure Gardens of the Eighteenth Century by Arthur Edgar Wroth, ., Warwick William Wroth (1896)
"They were opposite York Buildings in the Strand, and extended from the present
belvedere Road (then called Narrow Wall) to the water's edge. ..."
2. A Handbook of Greek Sculpture by Ernest Arthur Gardner (1897)
"In speaking of the Apollo belvedere, it is needful for us to bear in mind the
... Since the days of Winckelmann and his followers, the Apollo belvedere has ..."
3. Six Months in Italy by George Stillman Hillard (1881)
"THE CORTILE OF THE belvedere. This is an octagonal space, surrounded by an open
portico, with a fountain playing in the centre, and four small cabinets ..."
4. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell (1883)
"255), which is sixty centimeters high, has the same pose as the belvedere statue;
but both its Fig. 254. The Apollo belvedere. Marble Statue In the Portico ..."
5. Lares and Penates, Or, Cilicia and Its Governors: Being a Short Historical by William Burckhardt Barker (1853)
"We have copies of the admirable statue of the Apollo belvedere, so called from
having been placed in the belvedere of the Vatican by Pope Julius II.; ..."
6. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"This despatch from the Count of belvedere to the Count of Florida Bland, relative
to the battle of Gamonal, is an example of the habitual exaggerations of ..."
7. Galleries and Cabinets of Art in Great Britain: Being an Account of More by Gustav Friedrich Waagen (1857)
"COLLECTION OF PICTURES BELONGING TO SIR CULLING EARDLEY, BART., belvedere, NEAR
ERITH. This is one of the most pleasing country seats I have seen in England ..."
8. The History of the Popes: From the Close of the Middle Ages. Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor (1902)
"Subsequently the collection in the belvedere was enlarged by the addition of the
so-called Tigris statue and the reclining figure of Ariadne, ..."
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