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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 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]].
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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.
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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==
 
==Notable landmarks==
 
*[[Downtown Post Office]]
 
*[[Downtown Post Office]]
 
*[[Pensacola News Journal]]
 
*[[Pensacola News Journal]]
*[[Aragon Court]]
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*[[Aragon]]
 
*[[Hawkshaw Eastside]]
 
*[[Hawkshaw Eastside]]
 
*[[Veterans Memorial Park]]
 
*[[Veterans Memorial Park]]
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|south=Intendencia
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==References==
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[[Category:Roads]] [[Category:East-west streets]]

Latest revision as of 00:41, 16 June 2019

Romana Street
Former names: Princess Street
Calle de Romana
west end: Pace Boulevard
Major
junctions:
Palafox Street
east end: Bayfront Parkway
Namesake: Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana

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 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 Princess Royal.[1] The street is present on the 1812 Pintado plan, where it is labelled Calle de Romana.

Notable landmarks[edit]

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Next street north is Garden
Next street south is Intendencia

References[edit]

  1. Robinson, Benjamin. An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida. p. 17, 1882.