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  2. Castillo de San Marcos - Wikipedia

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    Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. FL-17, "Castillo de San Marcos, 1 Castillo Drive, Saint Augustine, St. Johns County, FL", 41 photos, 21 measured drawings, 4 data pages, 2 photo caption pages, supplemental material; HABS No. FL-17-A, "Castillo de San Marcos, Administration Building", 1 color transparency, 1 photo caption page

  3. Fort Mose - Wikipedia

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    The map depicts Fort Mose and the Castillo de San Marcos during Oglethorpe's siege of 1740. In 1738, Governor Montiano ordered construction of the Gracia Real de Santa Teresa de Mose military fort, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of St. Augustine. Any fugitive slaves discovered by the Spanish were directed to head there.

  4. Cubo Line - Wikipedia

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    After the 1702 siege of St. Augustine and its burning to the ground by troops under the command of James Moore, governor of Carolina, the Spanish determined to improve the defenses of St. Augustine outside the confines of their massive masonry fortress, the Castillo de San Marcos.

  5. List of colonial governors of Florida - Wikipedia

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    The colonial governors of Florida governed Florida during its colonial period (before 1821). The first European known to arrive there was Juan Ponce de León in 1513, but the governorship did not begin until 1565, when Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded St. Augustine and was declared Governor and Adelantado of Florida.

  6. National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Johns ...

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    Location of St. Johns County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Johns County, Florida.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Johns County, Florida, United States.

  7. File:San Pablo Bastion, Castillo de San Marcos.jpg - Wikipedia

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    This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000062 . The San Pablo Bastion (completed by 1683) of the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida , USA.

  8. Ximenez-Fatio House - Wikipedia

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    The presence of Castillo de San Marcos, a coquina fort built by the Spanish and now controlled by the U.S. military and renamed Fort Marion, brought a larger military presence to town. A decade after Florida became a U.S. territory in 1821, the need for more and better visitor accommodations became pressing.

  9. Siege of St. Augustine (1702) - Wikipedia

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    The Castillo de San Marcos at St. Augustine was built in the later years of the 17th century, in part because previous English raids demonstrated the inadequacy of wooden fortifications, and to address the threat posed by the founding of Charles Town. [3] The fortress, a fairly conventional star fort, was constructed from soft coquina limestone ...