Romana Street

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Romana Street
Former names: Princess Street
Calle de Romana
west end: Pace Boulevard
Major
junctions:
Palafox Street
east end: Bayfront Parkway
Namesake: Pedro Caro, 3rd Marquis of la Romana

Romana Street is an east-west street in downtown Pensacola. Its western terminus is at South Pace Boulevard; from there it travels easterly uninterrupted to its eastern terminus at Bayfront Parkway on Pensacola Bay.

Romana Street is named for Pedro Caro, the 3rd Marquis of la Romana, a hero of the Spanish Peninsular War.

In British Pensacola, what is now Romana Street was called Princess Street, for the Princess Royal.[1] The street is present on the 1812 Pintado plan, where it is labelled Calle de Romana.

Notable landmarks[edit]

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Next street north is Garden
Next street south is Intendencia

References[edit]

  1. Robinson, Benjamin. An Historical Sketch of Pensacola, Florida. p. 17, 1882.