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|road_name=Romana Street
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|former_names=Princess Street<br/>Calle de Romana
|starting_terminus=[[Pace Boulevard]]
|junction=[[Palafox Street]]
|direction_b=east
|ending_terminus=[[Bayfront Parkway]]
|namesake=[[Wikipedia:Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana|Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana]]
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'''Romana Street''' is an east-west street in [[downtown Pensacola]]. Its western terminus is at South [[Pace Boulevard]]; from there it travels easterly uninterrupted to its eastern terminus at [[Bayfront Parkway]] on [[Pensacola Bay]].
Romana Street is named for [[Wikipedia:Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana|Pedro Caro, the 3rd Marquis of la Romana]], a hero of the Spanish Peninsular War.
In [[British Pensacola]], what is now Romana Street was called '''Princess Street''', for the [[Wikipedia:Charlotte, Princess Royal|Princess Royal]].<ref>Robinson, Benjamin. [http://www.uflib.ufl.edu/UFDC/?m=hd17J&i=75836 ''An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida'']. p. 17, 1882.</ref> The street is present on the [[1812]] [[Pintado plan]], where it is labelled '''Calle de Romana'''.
==Notable landmarks==
*[[Downtown Post Office]]
*[[Pensacola News Journal]]
*[[Aragon Court]]
*[[Hawkshaw Eastside]]
*[[Veterans Memorial Park]]
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|south=Intendencia
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==References==
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[[Category:Roads]] [[Category:East-west streets]]