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==History==
One of their earliest appearances of the name Alcaniz is on the “[[Plan of Pensacola]]” (1813), which, as Dr. [[Bill Coker]] noted, is the first downtown map prepared by a municipal government for the City of Pensacola. The Spanish Constitution of 1812 first permitted the organization of democratically-elected city governments, and by 1813, Pensacola had a city government of a mayor and councilmen. The 1813 map, found in the Vicente Pintado Papers of the Library of Congress (copies at the [[University of West Florida Library]]), shows the town of Pensacola from the water to Romana Street. The three named north-south streets are [[Palafox]], [[Tarragona]], and [[Alcaniz]]. Three other street names on the map are significant; these are [[Intendencia]], [[Zaragoza]], Gobierno ([[GobiernoGovernment]] (Government), and Church Street, although this latter is different than present-day [[Church Street]] in [[Seville Square]]. Gobierno on the 1813 map is “Gobierno Nueve” or New Government Street.
The name itself seems to come from a Spanish town. One of the principal cities of Teruel (in the region of [[Aragon]]) is the town of Alcaniz, which may take its name from the plain, Alcaniz, where it is situated. (This is consistent with other Pensacola street names. Another Spanish province is [[Tarragona]] whose capital city, Tarragona, is traditionally where St. Paul founded the Christian church in Spain in A.D. 60. One of the major towns of Tarragona province is [[Reus]].)
