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)

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

The close-massed, square-fronted houses glimmered white and pink and yellow, with narrow gaps between them where a few lights burned; a break, from which dusky foliage rose, marked the alameda.

From The Coast of Adventure by Bindloss, Harold

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

Each town has its shady alameda, its plaza, and a court for playing pelota, a kind of tennis, the game of the province.

From Heroic Spain by O'Reilly, Elizabeth Boyle