alameda

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We went one evening to the alameda, a broad, straight walk, paved with flat stones, shaded by fine trees, under which are stone benches, and bounded by a low stone wall.

From Life in Mexico by Calderón de la Barca, Madame (Frances Erskine Inglis)

Several of the most important avenues, beside the Plaza Mayor and the alameda, are lighted by electricity, other portions of the city proper by gas, and the outlying districts by oil-fed lanterns.

From Aztec Land by Ballou, Maturin Murray

In the suburb of San Lazaro there is a fine broad promenade planted with trees, called the alameda vieja, at the end of which is situated the Convent of the Descalzos.

From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Ross, Thomasina

Numerous large squares, beside the grand plaza and the spacious alameda, ornament the capital.

From Aztec Land by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Great quantities come daily from this suburb to supply the city demand, and especially on the occasion of the floral festivals, which have their headquarters in the plaza and the alameda, as elsewhere described.

From Aztec Land by Ballou, Maturin Murray