belvedere
Rooftop viewing platform
A belvedere is a structure built to command a view—a rooftop turret, a gazebo on a hill, or an open gallery on an upper floor.
The word comes from Italian for "beautiful view," and the architecture exists purely for the pleasure of looking out: The villa's belvedere offered a panorama of the valley below.
Small rooftop dome
- turretProtruding fortified structure
- lanternEnclosed portable light
- loggiaRoofed open-air gallery
- rotundaCircular domed chamber
pavilion · balcony · terrace · rooftop · oriel · gallery · tower · observatory
Unobstructed wide-angle view
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
- sceneryVisible natural surroundings
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
- outlookAttitude toward the future
overlook · horizon · vista · expanse · sweep · birdseye · scenic · picturesque
Garden trellis structure
- bowerLeafy garden shelter
- summerhouseOpen garden shelter
- gazeboRoofed outdoor shelter
- pavilionOpen recreational structure
pergola · trellis · folly · grotto · parterre · sundial · fountain · topiary
Apex of a knoll
- cliffsideEdge of steep rock
- rooftopBuilding's top exterior surface
- perchedResting in place
- overlookingFailing to see or consider
heights · raised · mountaintop · summit · promontory · bluff · ridge · terrace
cupola
Small rooftop dome
rotunda · pavilion · balcony · terrace · rooftop · oriel · gallery · tower · observatory · folly
panorama
Unobstructed wide-angle view
- landscapeVisible features of terrain
- sceneryVisible natural surroundings
- prospectPotential client or opportunity
outlook · overlook · horizon · vista · expanse · sweep · birdseye · scenic · picturesque · unobstructed
arbor
Garden trellis structure
- bowerLeafy garden shelter
- summerhouseOpen garden shelter
- gazeboRoofed outdoor shelter
pavilion · pergola · trellis · folly · grotto · parterre · sundial · fountain · topiary · hedge
hilltop
Apex of a knoll
overlooking · heights · raised · mountaintop · summit · promontory · bluff · ridge · terrace · crow's-nest
- vistaspanorama, overlook, scenic view, vista point, lookout
- garden folliesfolly, follies, grottoes, grotto, gazebo
- garden structuresgazebo, pergola, arbor, pavilion, garden pavilion
- Italian ArchitectureColosseum, Pantheon, Roman arches, Roman temples, Roman amphitheaters
- Italianate featurescupola, balustrade, balustrades, cornice, cornices
- Renaissance ArchitectureBrunelleschi, Michelangelo, dome, cupola, loggia