Hedda Gabler's world premiere took place in a boat.
The Cortile del Belvedere , the Belvedere Courtyard , designed by Donato Bramante from 1506 onward , was a major architectural work of the High Renaissance at the Vatican Palace in Rome ; its concept and details reverberated in courtyard design , formalized piazzas and garden plans throughout Western Europe for centuries .. Donato Bramante. Donato Bramante. High Renaissance. High Renaissance. Vatican Palace. Vatican Palace. Rome. Rome. Conceived as a single enclosed space , the long Belvedere court connected the Vatican Palace with the Villa Belvedere in a series of terraces connected by stairs , and was contained on its sides by narrow wings .. Vatican Palace. Vatican Palace. Bramante did not see the work completed , and before the end of the sixteenth century it had been irretrievably altered by a building across the court , dividing it into two separate courtyards .