Belvedere Castle

Belvedere Castle is a folly in in , . It contains exhibit rooms, an observation deck, and since 1919 has housed Central Park’s official weather station.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: folly
  • Also known as: New York Meteorological Observatory

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and American Museum of Natural History.

A vast green swath of open space in the heart of , is a district in its own right, neatly separating the from the , stretching from Midtown at the southern end to at the north.

Museum
The is a natural history museum on the of in . Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from , the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Belvedere Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper West Side and Upper East Side.

The covers a large area in upper bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and and Morningside Park on the east.

The of is one of the city's wealthiest districts. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of , the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Carnegie Hill are full of luxurious townhouses and apartment buildings on some of the most affluent addresses in New York.

Neighborhood
is the name of both a and the surrounding neighborhood on the of in . is centered on the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and 66th streets.

Belvedere Castle

Latitude
40.77947° or 40° 46′ 46″ north
Longitude
-73.96909° or 73° 58′ 9″ west
Elevation
108 feet (33 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q2HJ+Q9
Geo­Names ID
11819909
Wiki­data ID
Q816268
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Uzbek—“Belvedere Castle” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: Belveder qəsri
  • Catalan: Belvedere Castle
  • Chinese: 眺望台城堡
  • Dutch: Belvedere Castle
  • French: Belvedere Castle
  • French: château du Belvédère
  • French: Château du Belvédère
  • German: Belvedere Castle
  • Hebrew: טירת בלוודיר
  • Indonesian: Belvedere castle
  • Indonesian: Belvedere Castle
  • Indonesian: Kastel Belvedere
  • Italian: Belvedere Castle
  • Japanese: ベルヴェデーレ城
  • Japanese: ベルヴェディア・キャッスル
  • Korean: 벨비디어성
  • Persian: قلعه بلودیر
  • Portuguese: Castelo Belvedere
  • Russian: Замок Бельведер
  • Spanish: Castillo Belvedere
  • Uzbek: Belveder qal’asi

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