<pre class="tw-data-text tw-text-large tw-ta" data-placeholder="Traducción" id="tw-target-text" style="text-align:left" dir="ltr"><span class="Y2IQFc" lang="en">The Alameda de Paula, named for its proximity to the church of the same name, was the first promenade in the Cuban capital. It was built in 1777 by the architect colonel of engineers Antonio Fernández de Trebejos y Zaldívar. Initially this alameda was an embankment with two rows of poplars and some benches. This first intramural walk was created on the site of the old Rincón garbage dump, next to the Havana bay. The Church and Alameda de Paula were united in the year 2000 thanks to a project by the Office of the City Historian that has revitalized the surroundings of the small temple, which has since become a chapel of contemporary Cuban sacred art. At present, in the Alameda de Paula streetlights and the marble column dedicated to the former Captain General of Cuba, Leopoldo O'Donnell, are preserved.</span></pre>