belvedere

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At the top of the house is a small belvedere for viewing the countryside.

From New York Times • Apr. 20, 2016

The film opens, fittingly enough, with Miles thundering across the countryside on horseback, and ends with her dying on her back in a belvedere bathed in moonlight.

From Time Magazine Archive

Broadway has recently been devoid of the sort of play which is chiefly concerned with elegant seductions in a belvedere.

From Time Magazine Archive

While the author of Notre-Dame pursued his studies and compositions in the belvedere, the other inmates of Hauteville House were generally engaged in a variety of pursuits beneath.

From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett

Two large chimneys, much nearer together than is ordinarily the case, emerge within the inclosed area of the belvedere deck.

From The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia by Cousins, Frank