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Belvedere is a room built above the roof for the purpose of obtaining a “fine view” (literal Italian translation).
Photography & Editorial By: Dr. Christopher Cooper
“Every spectator at every period – at every moment, indeed – inevitably transforms
the past according to his own nature.” Siegfried Giedion
John Nash first developed the Italianate style in Britain around 1802, with the construction of Cronkhill in Shropshire. In North America, the Italianate architectural form garnered huge popularity from the late 1840’s to the late 1870’s promoted by architect Alexander Jackson Davis. This style borrowed many elements from the Italian Renaissance (16th century) one of which was the Belvedere.
The Belvedere can be found across Canada in many different forms and incorporated in many different domestic architectural styles from the Regency Cottage to the Queen Anne Revival movements. Not to be confused with a lantern or copula that are used more to admit light and/or exhaust rising heat, a Belvedere is usually a whimsical room with a 360-degree “fine view”.
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