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In 1792, the El Castillo de Monterey was established to protect the port and persido of Monterey. [6] Other California-based installations were founded in San Diego (El Presidio Real de San Diego) in 1769, in San Francisco (El Presidio Real de San Francisco) in 1776, and in Santa Barbara (El Presidio Real de Santa Bárbara) in 1782. [7]
El Castillo de Monterey (Spanish for "The Castle of Monterey") was a fortification in Monterey, California, founded in 1792 by the Spanish Empire. The fort was constructed to protect the Monterey port and the Presidio of Monterey from invaders. [2] The site was officially listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 23, 1971.
This cathedral is the oldest continuously operating parish, the oldest stone building in California, the smallest cathedral in the United States and one of the two oldest cathedrals in the United States. It is the only existing Presidio cathedral in California and the only original building in the Monterey Presidio. 113: San Diego Mission Church
El Presidio Real de San Carlos de Monterey (Presidio of Monterey, California), founded June 3, 1770; El Presidio Real de San Francisco (Presidio of San Francisco), founded December 17, 1776; El Presidio Real de Santa Bárbara (Presidio of Santa Barbara), founded April 12, 1782; El Presidio de Sonoma (Sonoma Barracks), founded 1810
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It includes part or all of the Monterey Old Town Historic District, a historic district that includes 17 contributing buildings and was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The grounds include California's first theatre, and the Monterey Custom House, where the American flag was first raised over California.
It is the only existing presidio chapel in California and the only surviving building from the original Monterey Presidio. [22] Monterey served as the capital of Alta California from 1770 until 1849, [23] hosting its only official port-of-entry and the provincial legislature.
Vance Barracks at Presidio of Monterey is a military structure that houses students of the Defense Language Institute(DLI). The institute’s foreign language center is the primary tenant organization of the United States Army garrison Presidio of Monterey (POM) located in Monterey, California about 117 miles south of San Francisco, on the Pacific coast of the United States of America.