Paseo de la princesa: Paseo de la Princesa, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico

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By raquelt57
tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g147320-d148183-r863901354-Paseo_de_la_Princesa.html”>This street is tree lined and has gardens, benches and statues. You will usually find some artisans, and there is a clean public bathroom (50¢) on the left side. You can also see the massive city…
This street is tree lined and has gardens, benches and statues. You will usually find some artisans, and there is a clean public bathroom (50¢) on the left side. You can also see the massive city…
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By Mario U
Paid 4$ to park in the park.The museum was closed.The walk is unkempt and dirty.The sidewalk is dangerous trees are over grown.
html”>Paid 4$ to park in the park.The museum was closed.The walk is unkempt and dirty.The sidewalk is dangerous trees are over grown.
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By Deena13
Lots of historical landmarks to visit as well as lots of great shopping and restaurants! This was the starting point for us and we explored the area from there. Bring sunblock! 🙂
Lots of historical landmarks to visit as well as lots of great shopping and restaurants! This was the starting point for us and we explored the area from there. Bring sunblock! 🙂
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Paseo de la Princesa – Plaza in San Juan

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Walk along this promenade and get a sense of the city’s history through vistas of the forts and old city walls. There are also gorgeous views of the bay. Read more
time for a Lovely walk true the Princess Walk you will love walking true here after visiting the castles and old san juan, because there are many vendors of food and goods for sell and more!
El Paseo de La Princesa, the most beloved promenade in Puerto Rico, dates back to 1853. This beautifully restored walk is a favorite place for locals. Highly recommend to visit.
Lots of live music and street vendors. Sundays are really busy. There’s also an amazing churro truck (chocolate, cream cheese, dulce de leche, vanilla, and strawberry) near the entrance.
Try to walk all of it, up to the door to old San Juan, it is beautiful and peaceful.
The perfect way to watch the sun set in Old San Juan! Enjoy the music and the view. Be sure to try some “Piña Colada”. (Tip… The Fountain is great Photo Op)
Awesome to just walk around and enjoy the scenery. Nice for an afternoon run, or a romantic walk during the evening
Great place to start a relaxing stroll along the water, continuing on to Paseo del Morro.
Beautiful movement throughout the entire fountain. Amazing.
Very beautiful during sunset. Not completely open to the public as of April 07, 2018, post hurricane Maria.
Nice place for cool walk down tee lined street reminiscent of late 19th century, now off to grab local lunch
Before heading thru the San Juan Gare continue along the path it becomes Paseo del Morro for great ore great views Read more
Good place to relax on a hot and sunny day! Walkway leads to the Raices fountain
Great place to enjoy the sunset 😍
Nice place and emotion site.
Beautiful! Love walking trough this place!
Go to the ARTESANIA tent in Paseo la Princesa every weekend…
Beautiful scenery. 🌊
Beautiful view!
Best place to catch the sunset!
Christmas lights near la princessa
Best place for artesania…
Go to ARTESANIA tent every weekend…
Stand next to the fountain to cool off as the breeze gives you a refreshing spray.
Brutal….
The fountain is not working 🙁
Hermoso paseo en el Viejo San Juan, hermoso para un pasadía, los domingos ponen música y cantan los UVA, también hay artesanias, venta de dulces típicos, entre otras cosas.
Paseo tradicional que se realiza a través del viejo San Juan. En el camino pueden apreciarse esculturas, jardines, kioscos de artesanía puertorriqueña y de comida típica.
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Visiten el kioskito de “La China Dulce”!!! Paquetes de chinas o toronjas a peso! Y el jugo de china está divino! Apoyen lo de aquí!
Las vistas del mar y del castillo son inigualables
Me recuerda mucho a veracruz.
Bello lugar ademas de la historia que tiene.
Me encanta caminar por este lugar ….!!!
Es un lugar histórico y agradable
El jugo de china espectacular.
Excelente sitio
Amazing dulce de lechwe churro
Mavi, piraguas, y musica bomba alegran la noche.
Interesante paseo

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Paseo de la Castellana – Paseo de la Castellana – Spain in Russian

From north to south through Piazza Colón, creating the North Node, the city of Madrid is crossed by one of the main thoroughfares of the capital, Paseo de la Castellana. In the 19th century known as the New Paseo de la Delissas Princesa, it was put into operation at the beginning of the 20th century. In the first decades of the last century, Paseo de la Castellana had only 6 central sections and 4 side branches. Its original layout corresponded to the ancient course of the stream de la Fuente Castellana. Further north, the stream flowed past the modern Piazza Dr. Maranon and Nuevos Ministerios, where the ancient hippodrome of Madrid was located. It was from there that the expansion began, the project of which appeared during the First Republic, reaching almost the limits of the ancient city of Fuencarral, today a suburb of Madrid.
Along with Paseo del Prado and de Recoletos, Castellana belongs to the most important roads of the city. In the future, it was planned to expand north along the Fuencarral to develop a project known under the code name “Operation Chamartin”. The beginning of de la Castellana was formed in the 17th and 18th centuries. in a south-north direction. The continuation of Paseo de la Castellana began during the regency of Maria Cristina de Borbón, widow of King Fernando VII and mother of Queen Isabella II. Initially, the alley was not so officially called, but was named Paseo de la Delicias Princesa, in honor of the future Queen Isabella II. Its construction was completed in 1834.
The first reforms to the alleys were planned in 1846, but were put on hold. Later they provided for the expansion according to the project developed by Carlos Maria de Castro, known as the Castro plan, created much later in 1857. After they were carried out, the main route Prado – Recoletos – Castellana appeared on the map of Madrid, passing through the city from south to north.
In 1916, the government commissioned a new expansion project to the engineer Juan Merlo, who mapped the new frontiers of Madrid. At 19On the 16th Pedro Nunez Granes made the first project to extend this route. Although it was originally thought that the route should follow the course of the river, Nunez Granes proposed that the expansion of Castellana be carried out in a straight line. It had to cross four places, the first of which was Alphonse XIII Street.

Thanks to the nobility who settled in the historic center of the city in the 19th century. and the beginning of the 20th century, a number of palaces were built in the part of Castellana in the peripheral areas of the city. Most of them lasted until the 70s. 20th century At 1909, a German-speaking Evangelical church appeared next to Colon Square.
In 1926, the city council approved a new project based on the work of Nunez Granes. A new road with a length of 5005 m was designed, as well as 6 new places. In 1929, the city hosted an international competition, the program of which included the expansion of Paseo de la Castellana.
After the civil war, it was badly damaged, and in 1941 the dictator Franco ordered the development of the General Urban Plan of Madrid, in which it was proposed to extend the Castellana. This project received two unofficial names “Triumphal” and “Generalissimo Avenue”.
Paseo de la Castellana consisted at that time of a wide boulevard with a large number of seats that were to be used for demonstrations, political rallies and military parades.
After the death of Franco, the Kio tower buildings, designed by the American architect John Burge, rose up along the alleys. He proposed to build two granite 26-storey glass towers. Their creation was big news for Madrid, as they were built with a slope of 150C, which made it possible to create the feeling of a door when looking at them. In 2000, 4 skyscrapers erected near them blocked the view of them and Paseo de la Castellana to the north.
Unique places

After the opening of Piazza Colon on Paseo de la Castellana, a large number of public buildings appeared on both sides, especially ministries and embassies from different countries. Most of them were built in the 19th and 20th centuries.
After the square named after Dr. Gregorio Maranon with the equestrian monument of the Marquis del Duero, the famous Spanish general of the 19th century, you can immediately see the Museum of Natural Sciences and the School of Industrial Production, and after another square of the Cross of St. includes several public buildings.
After them begins a section of the avenue, known in the period from 1952 to 1981. like Avenida del Generalissimo, which is dominated by residential and office buildings. Here, in the building of the old edition of the Blanco y Negro magazine, built in 1899, there is a modern entertainment and shopping center Serrano. Next is the financial complex “AZCA” – one of the most important in the city. This pedestrian area is interrupted by 3 squares: Lima, Cusco and Castilla.
Around Lima Square is the Municipal Palace of Congresses and Exhibitions and the famous Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. In addition, two major transport interchanges have been created here: Castilla Square and the Nuevos Ministerios station. In Plaza Castilla there is a monument to Calvo Sotelo, an obelisk of the Foundation and the European Gate. The main attraction of the avenue is the gates of Europe, which are skyscraper towers located obliquely. Each of them reaches a height of 114 m. They were built in 1996 by American architects John Burge and Philip Johnson. It is in front of the towers that there is a unique composition dedicated to the famous politician, economist, lawyer and member of the Popular Front Calvo Sotelo (1893-1936).

In addition, the de la Caja obelisk, 92 m high, was erected here in 2009. In honor of its 300th anniversary, the oldest in the capital Savings Bank “Caja” presented it to the city as a gift. Further on the square you can see a monument to the politician, Prime Minister of Spain and writer Emilio Castelar (1832 – 1899), after which it was named. Most of the monuments of the capital are distinguished by an abundance of compositions and figures dedicated to the life of the hero. Here, along the way, you can visit one of the main squares of Madrid – Plaza de Colon with a monument to Admiral Christopher Columbus, opened in 1892 by Jeronimo Sunol and Artur Melida. On the east side are the Discovery Gardens with a huge national flag of Spain and a complex dedicated to the discovery of America. In addition, here you can see the recessed entrance to the cultural center, decorated with a cascading waterfall that flows from its roof. In the background on the east side of the square is the Columbus Tower, built in 1976, towering 116 m, with 23 floors and is an office building. From Piazza Colon towards another famous Piazza Cibeles, on the alley there is another monument to the diplomat, politician and writer Juan Valera.
Another obelisk on Paseo de la Castellana was originally located where there was a pylon for collecting water going to the Castellana Fountain in Piazza Emilio Castelar, after which it was transferred to Manuel Becerra Piazza, and in 1970 moved to its modern place in Arganzuela Park.
After Castilla Square, the last section is located, which differs in the characteristics of an urban highway, since there are no crossings and traffic lights on the main road. On the odd side of Paseo de la Castellana, 4 new towers of the business center were erected, just on the site of the former royal city sports football club, 1963
How to get there
Metro
Line 4 – Colon
No. 5 – Ruben Dario
Nos. 7, 10 – Gregorio Maranon, Santiago Bernabeu
Nos. 6,8,10 – Nuevos Ministerios, Cusco, Begona
Nos. 1, 9, 10 – to Plaza de Castilla
By bus
Nos. 5,7,12, 27, 66, 67, 124, 126, 134 135
No. 14 – Nuevos Ministerios, Colon
No. 40 – Cusco and Maranon Square
No. 45 – to Plaza San Juan de la Cruz e Colon
No. 147 – to Maranon Square
No. 150 – to Lima Square
No. 149, 173,174,176,178, N1,N23,N24,L10.
Intercity buses Nudo Norte to Plaza de Colon . Paseo de la Castellana continues south from Plaza de Colón, but changes its name and becomes Paseo de Recoletos to Plaza Cibeles and then finally Paseo del Prado (where the famous Prado Museum is located) to Atocha station. An important urban development project, known as Operación Chamartín , involves the extension of the paseo to the north.

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1 Description
2 List of buildings bordering Castellana
3 Protection
4 Notes and references
5 See also
- 5. 1 Related articles
- 5.2 External links

Description

This broad avenue, locally referred to as “la Castellana” , is served by many metro stations and is lined with many government offices, head offices, department stores, etc. It is punctuated at regular intervals impressive squares, including the famous Plaza de Castilla . The financial complex and business center AZCA, the only example of its kind in Spain, has grown up on both sides of Castellana. Almost all the skyscrapers of the Spanish capital are concentrated on the avenue. Real Madrid’s lair, the Santiago Bernabéu, is also on Castellana, height Plaza de Lima .

List of buildings bordering Castellana

State Secretariat of Territorial Administration
Ministry of the Interior
Museum of Abstract Art
Natural Science Museum
Complex Nuevos Ministerios
- Ministry of Employment and Social Security (MESS)
- Ministry of Equipment
AZCA Business District
BBVA Tower
Picasso Tower
Europe Tower
Santiago Bernabéu Stadium
Madrid Convention Center
Department of Defense
Ministry of Energy, Tourism and Digital Technologies (METAD)
National Institute of Statistics
Supreme Court
Gateway to Europe (Tours Kio)
Railway Station Chamartin
Exhibition Center
Repsol headquarters
seat headquarters

Protection

The Paseo del Prado, along with the Buen Retiro, are inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. July 25, 2021 titled Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro landscape art and science .

Notes and links

↑ “ Cultural Sites of China, India, Iran and Spain inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List”, by UNESCO, 25 July 2021 (accessed 25 July 2021)