alameda

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The alameda has a number of open circles with fountains in the centre, about which stone benches are placed as seats.

From Aztec Land by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Behind this is a beautiful old alameda of olives, at the upper end of which a modern orphanage, conducted by the Dominican Sisters, has been erected.

From The Old Franciscan Missions Of California by James, George Wharton

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

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

The alameda was quite deserted; everybody, with the exception of myself, having for some time retired. 

From The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry