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Promenade Gardens is a garden in Georgetown, Guyana. To the south is Independence Park ( Parade Ground ), the site of public execution of slaves who participated in the uprising of 1823 . [ 1 ] The park is separated from the gardens by Middle Street.
South of the gardens, across Homestretch Avenue is D’Urban Park, which includes the National Cultural Centre. It is bound by Vlissengen Road to the west, across which is Georgetown Football Club. It is a few blocks south of the National Park. The other public garden in Georgetown is the smaller Promenade Gardens downtown. [3]
Guyana National Park [2] (normally simply the National Park) is an urban park in Georgetown, Guyana and was opened with Queen Elizabeth II in attendance and was formerly named Queen Elizabeth II National Park in honour of her state visit. Despite its name of "national park", it is not a natural reserve. It was built on a former golf club. [1]
In 1851 the Town Council agreed to transform the parade grounds into a public garden, with a price of $1,000 being earmarked for the project, with the governor donating a further $500. [1] A feature of the gardens was a cricket ground, was used as the homeground for the Georgetown Cricket Club, with the club having been granted permission by ...
Around the western-central area is Independence Square and Promenade Gardens, the Walter Roth Museum of Anthropology, the National Library (built by Andrew Carnegie), the Bank of Guyana, Company Path Garden, the National Museum of Guyana and State House (built 1852) where the president resides, St. George's Anglican Cathedral and the Red House.
Gardens in Guyana. See also botanic garden, arboretum and park. ... Promenade Gardens This page was last edited on 27 April 2020, at 00:44 (UTC). Text ...
To its east is Promenade Gardens (across Carmichael Street). The building has been designated as one of Guyana's 9 [2] national monuments. [3] A repainting of the State House in 2015 became highly politicized as the residing president, David A. Granger, changed the color from white to green. [4]
The Georgetown Seawall Bandstand is an iron bandstand that is situated on the western end of Georgetown Seawall in Guyana. [1] It is one of three bandstands in Georgetown, the other two being situated in the Botanical Gardens and the Promenade Gardens.