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Esplanade
Long, open, level area near a river or larger water body / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Promenade" redirects here. For other uses, see Promenade (disambiguation) and Esplanade (disambiguation).
For the neighbourhood of Kolkata, see Esplanade, Kolkata.
An esplanade or promenade is a long, open, level area, usually next to a river or large body of water, where people may walk. The historical definition of esplanade was a large, open, level area outside fortress or city walls to provide clear fields of fire for the fortress's guns. In modern usage, the space allows the area to be paved as a pedestrian walk; esplanades are often on sea fronts and allow walking whatever the state of the tide, without having to walk on the beach.
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