belvederes

On my most recent visit to France I got my fill of follies at Versailles where the gardens are littered with pavilions and belvederes.

Archive 2008-11-01 The Nag 2008

Prior to the Depression, Southern California architects drew on historic Mediterranean styles in creating a romantic, climactically appropriate ambience of picturesque belvederes and tourelles, elaborate wrought-iron gates, and interior courtyards cooled by fountains.

What George Lucas Wrought 2010

Turrets, belvederes, and spires produced a serrated skyline.

The Dreaming Void Hamilton, Peter F. 2007

At the Letterman center, the water originates on one of two artificial promontories positioned along "view corridors," each of which aligns with Bernard Maybeck's 1915 Palace of Fine Arts. From these "stony belvederes" (the archaic, pastoral names of Halprin's features reflect his romantic streak), a man-made creek runs down to a small lagoon, following a conceptual path that would flow all the way to the Palace's pond were Gorgas Avenue not in the way.

Boing Boing: July 3, 2005 - July 9, 2005 Archives 2005

If Patrick were wallpaper, it would have curlescent, meandering vines, manicured gardens with topiary, voluptuous pink peonies, iridescent hummingbirds, peacocks, a few belvederes here and there and impressive amounts of gold.

He's Just...Dreamy, But Am I Dowdy? Dandies Prowl Our City 2005

Through the bars of the gate he glimpsed ladies with parasols and gentlemen with cigars who strolled the snow-white palace of iron, of glass and iron and floating belvederes.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

Through the bars of the gate he glimpsed ladies with parasols and gentlemen with cigars who strolled the snow-white palace of iron, of glass and iron and floating belvederes.

At Swim, Two Boys Jamie O’Neill 2002

Most of what he saw of the manse was pure indulgence, totally non-functional: a wandering maze of gables, domes and belvederes.

The Grand Wheel Bayley, Barrington J. 1977

The lou generally referred to in poetry, however, is really a "pleasure-house-in-the-air," used as the Italians use their belvederes.

Fir-Flower Tablets: Poems Translated From the Chinese 1921

They have had new belvederes built in, and have given over the apartments looking on the Square and the Calle del Cristo to the Courts and the school.

Caesar or Nothing P��o Baroja 1914