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“...erected the columns.
But he purposely made them too short, and to this day
the floor stands as he made it, and there is a space
between the ceiling and the columns.
Facing the Cathedral are several public buildings, and
the Episcopal Palace and old Government Palace. Among
the new buildings one of the most noteworthy in the
neighbourhood is the handsome Palacio Municipal or City
At the lower end of the Avenida is a substantial group
of Government Buildings, at the back of which is the
handsome Teatro Nacional. This is certainly one of the
finest buildings of the kind in this part of the world.
The palatial Union Club, where the Prince of Wales was
entertained at a Ball on March 31st, 1920, overlooks the
harbour and bay.
The Malecon or sea-wall is a popular and fashionable
promenade. To the west of it is another Malecon—that
of Las Bovedas, under which are the old prisons. The
view from these sea-walls of the Pacific—which, strange
as it may seem to some'expectant tourists, does not differ...”
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