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Carlos III Avenue, was the walk that Governor Miguel de Tacón put into operation in 1836. When it was created, it was called '''Paseo de Tacón'''. Years later the name was changed to Carlos III in honor of the King of Spain.<ref name="CARLOS">{{cite web|url=https://cubaenlamemoria.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/avenida-de-carlos-iii/|title=AVENIDA DE CARLOS III|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref> |
Carlos III Avenue, was the walk that Governor Miguel de Tacón put into operation in 1836. When it was created, it was called '''Paseo de Tacón'''. Years later the name was changed to Carlos III in honor of the King of Spain, a statue of the king was erected. Avenida de Carlos III begins at the intersection with the Ayestarán and Presidente Menocal or Calle Infanta.<ref name="CARLOS">{{cite web|url=https://cubaenlamemoria.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/avenida-de-carlos-iii/|title=AVENIDA DE CARLOS III|access-date=2020-01-28}}</ref> |
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The beautification plan of Havana by the engineer Mariano Carrillo de Albornoz duing the third decade of the nineteenth century, contemplated the construction of s comfortable and beautiful walk that would serve for the recreation of the city's residents who were already spreading to more and more of its original city limits and as framed by the original wall that protected them from foreign attacks. |
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This walk would lead to better communication with the colonial troops in the Prince's castle, because until then it was very difficult to reach that military installation by having to circumvent a low and muddy road that became practically impassable in times of rains. |
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Tacon said about this project: |
Tacon said about this project: |
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The Paseo de Tacón, or Paseo Militar, was ceated by the general-captain Miguel Tacón (1834-1838) who promoted the reform of the “road” that, starting from the roads of San Luis de Gonzaga –Reina– and Belascoaín, connected to the Castillo del Príncipe. Belascoaín was the edge between the city and the countryside.[1]
History
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Carlos III Avenue, was the walk that Governor Miguel de Tacón put into operation in 1836. When it was created, it was called Paseo de Tacón. Years later the name was changed to Carlos III in honor of the King of Spain, a statue of the king was erected. Avenida de Carlos III begins at the intersection with the Ayestarán and Presidente Menocal or Calle Infanta.[2]
The beautification plan of Havana by the engineer Mariano Carrillo de Albornoz duing the third decade of the nineteenth century, contemplated the construction of s comfortable and beautiful walk that would serve for the recreation of the city's residents who were already spreading to more and more of its original city limits and as framed by the original wall that protected them from foreign attacks.
This walk would lead to better communication with the colonial troops in the Prince's castle, because until then it was very difficult to reach that military installation by having to circumvent a low and muddy road that became practically impassable in times of rains.
Tacon said about this project:
“It lacked the capital of a country walk where you could breathe the pure and free air, and I resolved to undertake it from the field that they call from Peñalver to the hillside where the Prince's castle is located. It was this site, once swampy and watery, the most on purpose for a work of this kind in the surroundings of this city, in the part where it is not surrounded by the sea. There was also another reason that turned the work into doubly useful, which was the frank communication of this square with the castle, interrupted by that part in the rainy season. ”[1]
Considered since then spacious and safe road for the city that was expanding, the tour was first called Paseo de Tacón in recognition of its superb promoter, which was not liked by many for its despotic action. As expressed in the important work Monumental, statuary and epigraphic Cuba, the Paseo:
See also
- Campo de Marte, Havana
- Palacio de Aldama
- Plaza del Vapor, Havana
- La Alameda de Paula, Havana
- Paseo del Prado, Havana
Notes
References
- ^ a b Numa, Lázaro. "Andar tras las huellas de Tacón". Retrieved 2020-01-28.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "AVENIDA DE CARLOS III". Retrieved 2020-01-28.
