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Paseo del Morro

San Juan, Italy

Paseo del Morro

Paseo del Morro (English: Morro Promenade), is a waterside, riprap-lined, and breakwater-protected pedestrian promenade about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length, located in the historic district of Old San Juan in Puerto Rico. Built in 1999 as an extension of an existing 18th-century maintenance walkway o

n the southwestern section of the wall located on the final stretch of Paseo de la Princesa (Princess Promenade), the promenade is a contemporary construction running adjacent and parallel to the western section of the Walls of Old San Juan, which originally stood directly exposed to the waters of San Juan Bay. It was designated a National Recreational Trail in 2001. The promenade starts in Catedral, the southwestern sub-barrio in Old San Juan on San Juan Islet, at the ending location of Paseo de la Princesa, Puerta de San Juan (San Juan Gate), formerly known as Puerta de Agua (Water Gate), on the Walls of Old San Juan next to La Fortaleza, the 16th-century executive residence of the Governor of Puerto Rico, passes by the Bastión de San Agustín (San Agustin Bastion), Polvorín de Santa Elena (Santa Elena gunpowder depot), and Bastión de Santa Elena (Santa Elena Bastion) on the Walls of Old...

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