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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 713 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BELVEDERE, or BELVIDERE (Ital. for " fair-view ")

BELVEDERE, or
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BELVIDERE
BELVIDERE (Ital. for "
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FAIR
fair-view ") , an architectural structure built in the upper

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PART

part of a

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BUILDING

building or in any elevated position so as to command a

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FINE

fine view . The

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BELVEDERE, or BELVIDERE (Ital. for " fair-view ")

belvedere assumes various forms, such as an

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ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

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TURRET (from O. Fr. tourette, diminutive of tour, tower, mod. Fr. tourelle)

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CUPOLA (Ital., from Lat. cupula, small cask or vault, cupa, tub)

cupola, a loggia or open

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GALLERY (through Ital. galleria, from Med. Lat. galeria, of which the origin is unknown)

gallery . The name is also applied to the whole building, as the Belvedere gallery in the Vatican at

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Rome . For

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APOLLO (Gr. 'A2r6XXwv,'Airkkhwv)

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BELVIDERE

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PLATE

Plate II. fig . 55 .

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