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Definition of Belvederes
1. belvedere [n] - See also: belvedere
Lexicographical Neighbors of Belvederes
Literary usage of Belvederes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Excursions in Italy by James Fenimore Cooper (1838)
"Prospects from the belvederes. A popular Tuscan Air—A Fig after Soup delicious.—Effect
of Church Bells. —The Patois of the Peasants.—A Funeral. ..."
2. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1835)
"Many houses in Rome have belvederes, for the most part of a simple firm. ...
belvederes are not uncommon in France ; but the term is applied rather to a ..."
3. Provence & Côte D'Azurby Richard Sale by Richard Sale (1999)
"Beyond the viewpoints the road goes through tunnels to reach the balconies, or
belvederes of Mescla (Balcons de la Mescla). This is probably the best ..."
4. Sight-seeing in Germany and the Tyrol in the Autumn of 1855 by John Forbes (1856)
"... with steep and storied roofs, and many adorned with those prominent oriel
windows, or belvederes at their corners, which seem to me always so elegant. ..."
5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"Green lawns have been spread everywhere, winding paths lead through the groves
of exotic trees, shady belvederes with spacious seats have been built at a ..."
6. A History of the People of the United States: From the Revolution to the by John Bach McMaster (1901)
"... verandas, lattices, dormer windows, and belvederes. No city in the North could
produce such specimens of wrought-iron work as adorned the balconies and ..."
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