2-715-976 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'View of Florence from the Belvedere', 1890. Fort Belvedere was designed and built by Bernardo Buontalenti between 1590-1595, by orders of Grand Duke Ferdinando I de' Medici, the fortress overlooks almost the entire city and surrounding area. From "Cassell's Illustrated Universal History, Vol. III - The Middle Ages", by Edmund Ollier. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris and Melbourne, 1890. ]