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Belvedere Castle is a folly in Central Park in Manhattan, New York City. It contains exhibit rooms, an observation deck , and since 1919 has housed Central Park’s official weather station. Belvedere Castle was designed by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould in 1867. [ 1 ]
The pond, originally known as Belvedere Lake, abuts Belvedere Castle as well as the Delacorte Theater, and contains a variety of turtles and fish. The lawn is composed of 14 acres (5.7 ha) of oval-shaped land, which is used for sports and concerts.
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Belvedere House and Gardens is a country house located approximately 8 kilometres (5 mi) from Mullingar, County Westmeath in Ireland on the north-east shore of Lough Ennell. [1] It was built in 1740 as a hunting lodge for Robert Rochfort, 1st Earl of Belvedere by architect Richard Cassels , one of Ireland's foremost Palladian architects.
A belvedere / ˈ b ɛ l v ɪ d ɪər / or belvidere (from Italian for "beautiful view") is an architectural structure sited to take advantage of a fine or scenic view. [1] The term has been used both for rooms in the upper part of a building or structures on the roof, or a separate pavilion in a garden or park.
The Caldwell Place tower in 1910. [2] The Caldwell Tower 'Folly' near Uplawmoor. The present day Caldwell Tower (NS 4223 5512), stands on an elevation, and is a small, free-standing tower of probable 16th-century date [3] although it may represent part of a larger castle now lost through robbing of stone for other uses.
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Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-26-7 Coventry, Martin (2010) Castles of the Clans Scotland: Goblinshead ISBN 1-899874-36-4 Pattullo, Nan (1974) Castles, Houses and Gardens of Scotland Edinburgh: Denburn Press