belvedere

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There was a tall building called a belvedere, from which the country and the river might be surveyed for a long distance in every direction; but, stranger far than that, there were subterranean passages which led from the house to unfrequented parts of the grounds.

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  1. noun A roofed structure, especially a small pavilion or tower on top of a building, situated so as to command a wide view.

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  • There was a tall building called a belvedere, from which the country and the river might be surveyed for a long distance in every direction; but, stranger far than that, there were subterranean passages which led from the house to unfrequented parts of the grounds. —  Stories of New Jersey
  • There was a belvedere, and if we had only brought our blankets! —  Riviera Towns
  • What is also common enough in that country, it was surmounted by a mirador_, or "belvedere." —  The Lone Ranche
  • The top of the dome was fashioned into a kind of belvedere, with a small circular gallery. —  Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes
  • In this respect he was like the mediaeval monks, when they chose the sites of monasteries at San Martino or Amalfi, and his love of a belvedere was probably quite as great as theirs. The country seat differed widely from the town house. —  Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul
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  1. Italian : bel, bello, beautiful (from Latin bellus; see deu-2 in Indo-European roots) + vedere, to see, view (from Latin vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. Also less correctly belvidere, from Italian belvedere, literally a beautiful view, from bel, bello, beautiful, + vedere, a view, from Latin videre, see: see vision, view.
 

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