esplanade

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Whenever I return to Batumi, which I’ve done five times, I always do three things: I stroll along the palm-fringed seaside esplanade, admiring the gardens first landscaped in 1881.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

In Timor-Leste, the Pope will officiate mass in the capital Dili, on the same seaside esplanade where John Paul II spoke in 1989 to comfort local Catholics who suffered under Indonesia's occupation of the territory.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2024

The esplanade will be refurbished; visitors will no longer have to line up for tickets outside; and the permanent collections will be rearranged and rehung.

From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2023

Francis was spending the morning at the Fatima shrine, praying with sick people and prisoners, alongside pilgrims who began filling Fatima’s central esplanade long before sunrise.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2023

Nico and he were wandering along the esplanade when Jason spotted the guy with wings buying an ice cream bar from a street cart.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan