belvedere
from Steamboat Gothic by Frances Parkinson Keyes, p 6.
definition from Webster's New World Dictionary, Third College Edition:
a summerhouse on a height, or an open, roofed gallery in an upper story, built for giving a view of the scenery. From Italian, beautiful view.
Sentence: My neighbor built a belvedere onto his house, blocking his neighbor's view and creating enemies in the neighborhood.
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