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2. Castillo de San Marcos - Wikipedia

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   11 South Castillo Drive St. Augustine, Florida: Coordinates: Area: 20.48 acres (82879.62 m 2) Built: 1672–1695: Visitation: 624,841 (2022) [1] Website: Castillo de San Marcos National Monument: Part of: St. Augustine Town Plan Historic District : NRHP reference No. 66000062

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

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   Roughly bounded by Castillo Drive, San Marcos Avenue, Old Mission Avenue, and U.S. Route 1 29°54′07″N 81°19′05″W  /  29.901944°N 81.318056°W  / 29.901944; -81.318056  ( North City Historic

4. History of St. Augustine, Florida - Wikipedia

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   The Castillo de San Marcos, located on South Castillo Drive, is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States. Made of a limestone called coquina (Spanish for "small shells"), construction began in 1672. In The fort was declared a National Monument in 1924, and after 251 years of continuous military possession, was deactivated in 1933.

5. List of National Historic Landmarks in Florida - Wikipedia

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   Castillo de San Marcos National Monument: October 15, 1924: St.Augustine: St. Johns: This fort was built in 1672-95 to protect early Spanish settlers. 2: De Soto National Memorial: March 11, 1948: west of Bradenton: Manatee: Commemorates the landing of Spanish explorer, Hernando de Soto in 1539. De Soto's expedition was the first extensive ...

6. Fort Matanzas National Monument - Wikipedia

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   Such an approach avoided St. Augustine's primary defense system, centered at Castillo de San Marcos. In 1740, Gov. James Oglethorpe of Georgia used the inlet to blockade St. Augustine [3] and launch a thirty-nine-day siege. St. Augustine endured the siege, but the episode convinced the Spanish that protecting the inlet was necessary to the ...

7. List of forts in Florida - Wikipedia

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   Castillo de San Marcos (also Fort Marion and Fort St. Mark, now a U.S. National Monument) Fort Alabama see Fort Foster; Fort Ann; Fort Annuttgeliea; Fort Arbuckle, Frostproof, Polk County; Fort Armstrong, near Bushnell.