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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

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

He also maintains that the architecture of his villas is the purest classic: each has a Greek peristyle and a square belvedere.

From Erlach Court by Schubin, Ossip

Professor Gilardoni was reading perched on his belvedere in the kitchen-garden, when he caught sight of Pasotti coming towards him behind Pinella, between the rows of beets and turnips.

From The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico by Fogazzaro, Antonio