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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 713 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BELVEDERE, or See also:BELVIDERE (Ital. for " See also:fair-view ")  , an architectural structure built in the upper See also:part of a See also:building or in any elevated position so as to command a See also:fine view . The See also:belvedere assumes various forms, such as an See also:angle See also:turret, a See also:cupola, a loggia or open See also:gallery . The name is also applied to the whole building, as the Belvedere gallery in the Vatican at See also:Rome . For See also:Apollo See also:Belvidere see See also:GREEK See also:ART, See also:Plate II. fig . 55 .

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