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The designs for the Upper Belvedere were decidedly more majestic than those for the Lower Belvedere. The super-elevated central middle pavilion with the marble hall is preceded by the staircase hall and a vestibule with a curved segmented gable. Each wing terminates in an octagonal pavilion, their circular domes continuing and concluding the rhythm of the various floor levels. It is a novel and unusual scheme. The wings are layered: the first five bays on each side of the central pavilion have a second storey that stretches behind the gable of the vestibule. Behind it the central pavilion rises, its roof crowning the whole structure. The continuous lower storey, with its entablature carried right across and round the corner pavilions, provides the unifying principle of the system.
The picture shows the exterior elevation of Upper Belvedere.
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