belvedere
noun
bel·ve·dere
ˈbel-və-ˌdir 
: a structure (such as a cupola or a summerhouse) designed to command a view
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The Beautiful Origin of Belvedere
It is said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder—and someone with a belvedere will likely have a great deal of beauty to behold. Given the origins of the word, belvedere is the ideal term for a building (or part of a building) with a view; it derives from two Italian words, bel, which means "beautiful," and vedere, which means "view." The term has been used in English since the 1570s.
Examples of belvedere in a Sentence
a Greek revival belvedere stands majestically on a grassy knoll overlooking the river
Recent Examples on the Web
But the museum’s greatest contemporary draw is architectural: its Glass Pavilion, a low-slung belvedere designed by the Japanese architects Sanaa, which since 2006 has housed one of the world’s largest collections of glass (as well as a glassmaking facility).
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New York Times, 2 Sep. 2021
The platform at the top of the tower, below the red mosaic ceiling held up by a concrete belvedere, offers a view of the rooftops of the area’s aristocratic 18th- and 19th-century homes; the Martels once held cocktail parties on the roof terrace, attended by many of their fellow artists.
—New York Times, 11 Oct. 2021
Louboutin added an additional floor and a rooftop belvedere with views of the surrounding desert.
—ELLE Decor, 6 Jan. 2023
Despite its sprawling size and hefty mass, the library and events center features a vaulted framework that elegantly inserts itself into its location, on a belvedere overlooking a lake.
—Spencer Bailey, Town & Country, 21 Jan. 2022
The Belvedere in Vienna, which is a giant palace, is considered a belvedere (hence its name).
—Sienna Fantozzi, House Beautiful, 19 Nov. 2018
Pavilions—also known as summerhouses, gazebos or belvederes—are architects’ more free-spirited counterpoints to a house.
—Karen Bruno, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2018
The famed Terrace of Infinity belvedere is set, like an infinity pool, above a magnificent vista of hills and bays vanishing into the mist in the distance, and the sky melts into the low horizon line and the equally blue seas.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2018
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New York Times, 2 Sep. 2021
The platform at the top of the tower, below the red mosaic ceiling held up by a concrete belvedere, offers a view of the rooftops of the area’s aristocratic 18th- and 19th-century homes; the Martels once held cocktail parties on the roof terrace, attended by many of their fellow artists.
—New York Times, 11 Oct. 2021
Louboutin added an additional floor and a rooftop belvedere with views of the surrounding desert.
—ELLE Decor, 6 Jan. 2023
Despite its sprawling size and hefty mass, the library and events center features a vaulted framework that elegantly inserts itself into its location, on a belvedere overlooking a lake.
—Spencer Bailey, Town & Country, 21 Jan. 2022
The Belvedere in Vienna, which is a giant palace, is considered a belvedere (hence its name).
—Sienna Fantozzi, House Beautiful, 19 Nov. 2018
Pavilions—also known as summerhouses, gazebos or belvederes—are architects’ more free-spirited counterpoints to a house.
—Karen Bruno, WSJ, 1 Aug. 2018
The famed Terrace of Infinity belvedere is set, like an infinity pool, above a magnificent vista of hills and bays vanishing into the mist in the distance, and the sky melts into the low horizon line and the equally blue seas.
—Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2018
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“Belvedere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/belvedere. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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