Promenade Gardens is a garden in Georgetown, Guyana.
Promenade Gardens | |
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Type | Urban park |
Location | Cummingsburg, Georgetown, Guyana |
Coordinates | 6°49′00″N 58°09′59″W / 6.81661°N 58.16626°W |
Created | 19th century |
To the south is Independence Park (Parade Ground), the site of public execution of slaves who participated in the uprising of 1823.[1] The park is separated from the gardens by Middle Street.
The park is bound by Carmichael Street to the west, across from which is the State House (president's residence).
The other public garden in Georgetown is the larger Botanical Gardens farther from city centre. There is also the modern National Park in the north of the city.
References
edit- ^ "New 1823 Memorial for Parade Ground". Guyana Chronicle. 22 August 2017.
While a formal Court Martial was convened in Georgetown on August 25, 1823 under Lieutenant Colonel, Stephen Arthur Goodman, public executions took place on the Militia Parade Ground, now known as Independence Park in Cummingsburg.