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)

His house, which is the corner one at the entrance of the alameda, commands a noble prospect of the bay, and is very large and magnificent. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry

There is an admirably kept alameda for public enjoyment, divided by four rows of ancient cottonwood-trees, some of which are five feet in diameter.

From Aztec Land by Ballou, Maturin Murray

The town was quiet, and, so far as they could see, only one light burned in it, between the plaza and the alameda.

From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold

Towards evening, the throng and bustle within the town diminished, and were transferred to the pleasant walks around it, and especially to the shady and flower-bordered avenues of the alameda.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 362, December 1845 by Various