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The St. Augustine Alligator Farm, founded in 1893, [98] [99] is one of the oldest commercial tourist attractions in Florida, as is the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park, which has been a tourist attraction since around 1902. [100]
St. Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida's first governor. He named the settlement San Agustín, for his ships bearing settlers, troops, and supplies from Spain had first sighted land in Florida eleven days earlier on August 28, the feast day of St. Augustine. [5]
208-foot cross [1]. Mission Nombre de Dios is a Catholic mission founded in 1565 in St. Augustine, Florida, on the west side of Matanzas Bay. [2] It is part of the Diocese of St. Augustine and is likely the oldest extant mission in the continental United States.
In 1693, the College of William & Mary was established — the second-oldest in the United States — attended by three future presidents: ... St. Augustine, Florida (1565) Founded on Sept. 8, ...
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine (Spanish: Catedral basílica de San Agustín) is a historic cathedral in St. Augustine, Florida, and the seat of the Catholic Bishop of St. Augustine. It is located at 38 Cathedral Place between Charlotte and St. George Streets.
Captain Robert Mickler - who was born at St. Mary's, Georgia, 7 May 1800, and died at St Augustine, Fla., 9th Dec. 1848. Aged 48 years, 7 mos., 2 days. A horizontal marble slab on cemented foundation - a cedar at north-east corner. James A. Mickler, died Jan. 29, 1878. Aged 53 years. A native of St. Mary's, Georgia.
The Vision of St Bernard, by Fra Bartolommeo, c. 1504 . Bernard of Clairvaux was one of the influential churchmen of his time. In the "Sermon on the Sunday in the Octave of the Assumption" he described Mary's participation in redemption. [11] Bernard's Praises on the Virgin Mother" was a small but complete treatise on Mariology. [12]
The National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche is a Catholic Marian shrine located at the Nombre de Dios Mission in St. Augustine, Florida.Originally built in 1609 in honor of Our Lady of La Leche—a Marian apparition popular among the Spanish settlers in the area—it is the oldest shrine in the United States.