Belvedere
The Forte di Belvedere or Fortezza di Santa Maria in San Giorgio del Belvedere is a fortification in Florence, Italy.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: fortification in Florence, Italy
- Also known as: “Fort di Belvedere”, “Forte di Belvedere”, and “Fortezza di Santa Maria in San Giorgio del Belvedere”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Uffizi Gallery and Boboli Gardens.
Uffizi Gallery
Museum
Photo: Arek N., CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums and the most visited, it is also one of the largest and best-known in the world and holds a collection of priceless works, particularly from the period of the Italian Renaissance. Uffizi Gallery is situated 610 metres north of Belvedere.
Boboli Gardens
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Boboli Gardens is a historical park of the city of Florence that was opened to the public in 1766. Originally designed for the Medici, it represents one of the first and most important examples of the Italian garden, which later served as inspiration for many European courts.
Porta San Giorgio
City gate
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Porta San Giorgio is a medieval gateway located on the south-east end of the Oltrarno walls of Florence, Italy. Ramparts of the Belvedere fortress, begun in 1590, stand adjacent to the gate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Statuto and Monteripaldi.
Statuto
Neighborhood
Photo: Beppeyeah, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Statuto is a neighborhood, which is situated 2½ km north of Belvedere.
Belvedere
- Categories: fortress, museum, building, tourism, historic site, and fort
- Location: Florence, Florence, Tuscany, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
43.76308° or 43° 45′ 47″ northLongitude
11.25375° or 11° 15′ 14″ eastElevation
116 metres (381 feet)Open location code
8FMHQ773+6FOpenStreetMap ID
way 24879633OpenStreetMap feature
building=fortOpenStreetMap feature
historic=fortOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
10282506Wikidata ID
Q72786
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Belvedere” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Belvedere”
- French: “fort Belvedere”
- French: “Fort Belvedere”
- French: “Forte di Belvedere”
- German: “Belvedere”
- German: “Forte di Belvedere”
- German: “Fortezza di Belvedere”
- Hebrew: “בלוודרה”
- Hungarian: “Belvedere-erőd”
- Italian: “Forte Belvedere”
- Italian: “Forte di Belvedere”
- Italian: “Forte di San Giorgio”
- Italian: “Fortezza di Santa Maria in San Giorgio del Belvedere”
- Korean: “벨베데레 요새”
- Portuguese: “Forte Belvedere”
- Portuguese: “Forte di Belvedere”
- Portuguese: “Fortezza di Santa Maria in San Giorgio del Belvedere”
- Portuguese: “Palazzetto del Belvedere”
- Slovenian: “Trdnjava Belvedere”
- Spanish: “Belvedere”
- Turkish: “Belvedere”
- Turkish: “Forte di Belvedere”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Belvedere”. Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.