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: Public building
  • Description: folly
  • Also known as: “New York Meteorological Observatory”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and American Museum of Natural History.

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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
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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 1,600 feet northwest of Belvedere Castle.

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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Upper West Side and Upper East Side.

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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.

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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
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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
40.77932° or 40° 46′ 46″ north
Longitude
-73.96889° or 73° 58′ 8″ west
Inception
1867
Height
26 feet (7.8 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q2HJ+PC
Open­Street­Map ID
way 278363023
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q816268
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Uzbek—“Belvedere Castle” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Belveder qəsri”
  • Belarusian: “Замак Бельведэр”
  • 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”
  • Greek: “Κάστρο Μπελβεντέρε (Νέα Υόρκη)”
  • 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”
  • Polish: “Zamek Belvedere”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo Belvedere”
  • Russian: “Замок Бельведер”
  • Spanish: “Castillo Belvedere”
  • Uzbek: “Belveder qal’asi”

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