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Magimaria's post on Venus, and the replies that ensue, remind me of a word Faldage once used to describe his dream house: he'd like it to have a belvedere at the top from which he could study the skies through a telescope I guess not unlike the one Rubrick described.
Is this word readily understood by y'all? For me it wasn't. I had a different definition of 'belvedere' in my head.
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= it is up to me (to explain), I suppose.
Belvedere = bel vedere = (here vedere is used as a noun)
= a beautiful seeing, so a place from which you can see a beatiful view
Escher lived in Rome for several years indeed!
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>> The College provides a rich and diverse curriculum catering of the needs of each individual student.<<
Is this standard UK usage? Have never heard anything other than "catering to the needs..."
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Emanuela, yes indeed. The definition that was in my mind for 'belvedere' is a lookout point; perhaps a place you can pull your car off on a mountain road to enjoy the beautiful view. Rubrick, thanks for the Escher!! Love it. 
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my first and last connotation: Belweder - polish equivalent of the White House. i know it can also be used (and perhaps sometimes even is;))) as a name of a kind of palace. it also exists as "beautiful look" but i've never heard anybody using it in that meaning. however, i'm talking only about polish of course :P
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Rubrick, thanks for the Escher!!
what's most interesting about the Escher, to me, is that the top story is perfectly normal. no crossed posts or illusions...
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the top story is perfectly normal. no crossed posts or illusions
Check the relationship between the top story and the one beneath it.
And, rav. Isn't the bel in belweder white?
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Check the relationship between the top story and the one beneath it.yeah, I know, but the one beneath it has all sorts of internal twists, and the top one is normal.
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