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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.
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.
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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.
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Presidio of Monterey Museum: Monterey: Monterey: Monterey Bay: Military: website, development of the Presidio as a training base and Monterey's military history Presidio of Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara: Central Coast: Open air: Also known as El Presidio de Santa Barbara State Historic Park Rancho Camulos: Piru: Ventura: Central ...
On 22 October 2017 the Presidio of Monterey hosted tribal nations in a repatriation and reburial ceremony of Native American remains in the local cemetery. The remains of 17 Native Americans and over 300 funerary objects discovered between 1910–1985 were laid to rest.