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“...Station
[ of the United Railways of Havana and Regia Ware-
houses, Limited, is situated near the south of the town
where the arsenal stood. A short drive from the wharf
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Park and the old Campo Marte, or parade ground, the
first of a series of parks and avenues extending across
Havana from south to north. They follow closely the
i direction of the old walls, the position of which is clearly
| shown on the old plan on page 351» the terms
r“intramural” and “extramural” are still used to
define the position of buildings. La India Park takes
its name from a charming statue of an Indian maiden
emblematic of Havana, which was the gift of Count de
Villanueva, the former owner of the property. On the
site of the old railway station near by is the new Presi-
dential Palace. From Colon Park the Upper Prado leads
to Central Park, from which the Prado, a leafy avenue
of laurel trees, extends to the Malecon, or sea-wall. In
I Central Park there is...”
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