Belvedere (structure)

On the hillside above the Vatican Palace (–1490), Antonio del Pollaiuolo built a small pavilion ( in Italian) named the palazzetto or the Belvedere for Pope Innocent VIII. Some years later Donato Bramante linked the Vatican with the Belvedere, a commission from Pope Julius II, by creating the Cortile del Belvedere ("Courtyard of the Belvedere"), in which stood the Apollo Belvedere, among the most famous of antique sculptures. This began the fashion in the 16th century for the belvedere. ==Gallery==

Image:Cortile.del.belvedere.1.jpg|A carousel in the Cortile del Belvedere, 1565 File:Klein-Glienicke, Park, Aussichtspavillon Grosse Neugierde.jpg|Belvedere in the park of the Glienicke Palace, in Berlin File:Tour du Belvedere.JPG|Tour du Belvédère, Mulhouse in Alsace File:Johnsons' Goat Tower, brightened.jpg|Johnson's Belvedere, "Tower of Baaa" in Findlay, Illinois File:Le kiosque du Jardin des Plantes (Paris).jpg|Gloriette de Buffon in the Jardin des plantes in Paris File:HaldonBelvedere Devon England.PNG|Haldon Belvedere, in Devon, UK Image:Musei vaticani - cortile del Belvedere 01137-9.JPG|Patio of the Cortile del Belvedere in the Vatican File:Pražský hrad, Letohrádek královny Anny 02.jpg|Belvedere of Queen Anne's Summer Palace in the garden of Prague Castle (1538–1560) File:Wien SchloBBelvedere03.jpg|Belvedere, Vienna File:Belvedere auf dem Pfingstberg in Potsdam Juli 2014.jpg|Il Belvedere on the Pfingstberg in Potsdam File:Vatican Museum pinecone.jpg|Cortile del Belvedere, Vatican File:Giardino di Villa Spada, il balconcino.jpg|Belevedere of the Villa Spada File:ShrubsHillTower WindsorGreatPark 18thCentury.jpg|"Shrubs Hill Tower", WindsorRenamed "Fort Belvedere". File:Belvedere Castle, Central Park.jpg|Belvedere Castle, Central Park, New York File:Belvedere, Plymouth Hoe.jpg|The Belvedere, Plymouth Hoe ==See also==