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BELVEDERE

Volume 3 · 87 words · 1815 Edition

in the Italian Architecture, &c. denotes either a pavilion on the top of a building, or an artificial eminence in a garden; the word literally signifying a fine prospect.

a considerable town of Greece, and capital of a province of the same name in the Morea. The province lies on the western coast: it is the most fertile and rich in all the Morea; and from it the raisins called Belvederes take their name. The town is situated in E. Long. 22. 0. N. Lat. 38. 5.