Word Finder - promenade

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A prom (dance).

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A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll.

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A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside.

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A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.

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To walk for amusement, show, or exercise.

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To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.

Its beautiful stretch of sands is flanked by a promenade extending all the way to Joppa.

The promenade pier was erected in 1881.

Julie never missed a ball, a promenade, or a play.

The promenade of Hamilton Terrace commands a fine view of the broad expanse of the Haven with its various towns and forts.

There is a pleasant promenade, with other appointments of a watering-place.

One of the most popular public resorts of the city is the Paseo, a beautiful drive and promenade extending along both banks of the Rio San Juan de Dios for 14 m.

The Public Walks forms a pleasant promenade parallel to the wall, and in the centre of it stands a picturesque octagonal Chapel of the Red Mount, exhibiting ornate Perpendicular work, and once frequented by pilgrims. The church of St Margaret, formerly the priory church, is a fine building with two towers at the west end, one of which was formerly surmounted by a spire, blown down in 1741.

Above the cliff west of the old town is a broad promenade called the Lees, commanding a notable view of the channel and connected by lifts with the shore below.

There are four cables which carry a promenade, a roadway and an electric railway.

There is a pier, and the sea-wall extends for about a mile, forming a pleasant promenade.

On the Western Promenade there is a monument to Thomas Brackett Reed, who was a native and a resident of Portland.

Here a sea wall, completed in 1905, provides a magnificent drive and promenade along the shore for a distance of about 3 m.

The chief thing to see is the city wall, outside which runs a good and clean promenade.

On the north side of the inner town and on the promenade are the handsome exchange with library, and the reformed church, a pleasing edifice in late Gothic.

To the several faculties also belong various collegiate buildings, notably, to the legal, that of the Collegium beatae Virginis in the Petersstrasse, and -to the philosophical the Rothe Haus on the promenade facing the theatre.

There are six main line railway stations, of which the Dresden and the Magdeburg lie side by side in the north-east corner of the promenade, the Thuringian and Berlin stations further away in the northern suburb; in the eastern is the Eilenburg station (for Breslau and the east) and in the south the Bavarian station.

Well-planted grounds fringe the steep slope down to the North Bay, in which there is a promenade pier; the South Cliff is similarly adorned.

This last demand Benedetti submitted to the king in an informal meeting on the promenade at Ems, and the misleading reports of the conversation which were circulated were the immediate cause of the war which followed, for the Germans were led to believe that Benedetti had insulted the king, and the French that the king had insulted the ambassador.

Tywyn Promenade Off the promenade are hard and grass tennis courts, putting green, crown bowling green and children's play area.

Creating a pedestrian priority promenade along the length of the High Street by installing footway level crossings at side streets.

There is plenty of outdoor deck space on the Artemis and the wrap around teak promenade deck is good for sunbathers.

To the south lies the fine promenade known as the Jardin Lecoq.

Except on the south side all the streets debouch on the promenade, which forms a circle round the town on the site of the old ramparts.

Extending along the front of the town is the boulevard de la Republique, a fine road built by Sir Morton Peto on a series of arches, with a frontage of 3700 ft., and bordered on one side by handsome buildings, whilst a wide promenade overlooking the harbour runs along the other.

At the southern end of the boulevard de la Republique is the square de la Republique, formerly the place Bresson, in which is the municipal theatre; at the other extremity of the boulevard is the place du Gouvernement, which is planted on three sides with a double row of plane trees and is the fashionable resort for evening promenade.

The great seawall of Brighton continues along the front at Hove, forming a pleasant promenade.

The Den, or Dene, forms a promenade along the sea-front, with a small lighthouse and a pier.

The city's park system includes the Western Promenade, on Bramhall Hill; the Eastern Promenade, on Munjoy Hill; Fort Allen Park, at the south extremity of the latter promenade; Fort Sumner, another small park farther west, on the same hill; Lincoln Park, containing 2 acres of beautiful grounds near the centre of the city; Deering's Oaks (made famous by Longfellow), the principal park (50 acres) on the peninsula, with many fine old trees, pleasant drives, and an artificial pond used for boating; and Monument Square and Boothby Square.

Longfellow by the same sculptor; and where Congress Street crosses the Eastern Promenade, a monument to the first settlers, George Cleeve and Richard Tucker.

The city proper is almost entirely enclosed by the remains of a great granite wall (built in 1673, when the new city was established), on the top of which on the side facing the sea is Las Bovedas promenade.

To the north of it are the modern citadel and the barracks, and beyond, a public promenade.

The harbour of Cagliari (along the north side of which runs a promenade called the Via Romo) is a good one, and has a considerable trade, exporting chiefly lead, zinc and other minerals and salt, the total annual value of exports amounting to nearly 12 million sterling in value.

The city is laid out regularly, with broad streets, a large central plaza and a public garden, or promenade, called the prado.

The promenade along the shore is 2 m.

The last, laid out at a cost of £130,000, include a large conservatory, a fine enclosed promenade, a theatre and an aquarium.

The Queen's Hall, Langham Place, is used for concerts, including a notable annual series of orchestral promenade concerts.

The river front has been converted into a fine promenade, commanding extensive views of the Taunus range of mountains, and the "Rheingau," the most favoured wine district of Germany.

Along the east side of the peninsula runs the Praya Grande, or Great Quay, the chief promenade in Macao, on which stand the governor's palace, the administrative offices, the consulates and the leading commercial establishments.

The streets are in general steep and narrow, but there is a handsome promenade in the upper town, laid out in the 18th century by the intendant Antoine Megret d'Etigny.

Along the river stretches a fine promenade sheltered by poplars.

In the Karlsaue, a favourite public promenade lying just below the Schdne Aussicht, are the Orangerie and the marble baths.

On the promenade of the court there circulated in a long file ceaselessly during fashionable hours five or six hundred carriages, the servants in showy liveries.

On a plateau above the river, the favourite promenade of the citizens, stands the Vladimir monument (1853) in bronze.

In 1489, after a stubborn defence lasting seven months, it was captured by the Spaniards under Isabella of Castile, whose cannon still adorn the Alameda or public promenade.

These grounds are traversed by the broad Nya Alle, a favourite promenade, and beyond them lies the best residential quarter, the first houses facing Vasa Street, Vasa Park and Kungsport Avenue.

Some of the navigable canals which connected the harbour with the interior of the city have been either modified or filled up. Several streets have been widened, and a road along the shore has been transformed into a fine and shady promenade.

It has long been a favourite promenade, and fills an important part in the social and political life of the city.

The public monuments of Dresden also include the Moritz Monument, a relief dedicated by the elector Augustus to his brother Maurice, a statue of Weber the composer by Rietschel, a bronze statue of Theodor Korner by Hahne', the Rietschel monument on the Briihl Terrace by Schilling, a bust of Gutzkow, and a statue of Bismarck on the promenade.

There is, however, a handsome esplanade between the town and the citadel, and a promenade by the seashore towards Castrades.

It was used as a promenade, and as a place from which to view the festal processions as they passed towards the Altis.