Belvedere Castle
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Victorian (architecture), folly, interesting place, listed building / architectural heritage, 1860s construction, mock castle
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Rising out of Vista Rock, the second highest natural elevation in the Park, Belvedere Castle harmonizes perfectly with its site, as it was constructed from the same Manhattan schist. Providing views of the Park and the city, the Castle's tower is truly a belvedere — an architectural term for lookouts and observatories, the Italian word translates literally as beautiful view.
If you have lived in the City for any length of time you've probably heard the phrase, "The temperature in Central Park is.…" The information is coming from meteorological instruments located at Belvedere.
Rising out of Vista Rock, the second highest natural elevation in the Park, Belvedere Castle harmonizes perfectly with its site, as it was constructed from the same Manhattan schist. Providing views of the Park and the city, the Castle's tower is truly a belvedere — an architectural term for lookouts and observatories, the Italian word translates literally as beautiful view.
If you have lived in the City for any length of time you've probably heard the phrase, "The temperature in Central Park is.…" The information is coming from meteorological instruments located at Belvedere.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belvedere_Castle
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°46'45"N 73°58'8"W
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- Camp Hill Hall / WEC Castle 127 km
- Searles Castle 165 km
- Woodstock Castle 210 km
- Wrentham House (Indian Spring) 233 km
- Beach Bound - Beechbound (1895) 234 km
- Belhurst Castle 339 km
- Bull Run Castle 373 km
- Casa Loma 552 km
- Excalibur Hotel Towers and Casino 3597 km
- Manhattan 0.2 km
- Central Park 0.4 km
- Upper East Side 1 km
- Upper West Side 1 km
- Riverside Park 2.3 km
- Roosevelt Island 2.5 km
- Midtown (Manhattan, NY) 3.6 km
- Western Queens 7.8 km
- Queens 16 km
- The Palisades 20 km
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