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Promenade Gardens is a garden in Georgetown, Guyana. To the south is (
Parade Ground A parade is a procession of people, usually organized along a street, often in costume, and often accompanied by marching bands, floats, or sometimes large balloons. Parades are held for a wide range of reasons, but are usually celebrations of s ...
), the site of public execution of slaves who participated in the uprising of 1823. 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
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farther from city centre. There is also the modern National Park in the north of the city.


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