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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
The Spanish built the Castillo de San Marcos to defend St. Augustine. After Florida became a U.S. territory, its name was changed to Fort Marion. Today a national park site, its name was officially restored to the Castillo de San Marcos. During most of the American Civil War the Florida city of St. Augustine was under Union control.
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.
Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. October 15, 1966 ... St. Augustine Beach Hotel and Beachfront: January 11, 2022 : 370 FL A1A
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.
beginning the built the Castillo de San Marcos: Nicolás Ponce de León II: 1673 – 1675 acting Pablo de Hita y Salazar: 1675 – 1680 Juan Márquez Cabrera: 1680 – 1687 Pedro de Aranda y Avellaneda: 1687 acting Diego de Quiroga y Losada: 1687 – 1693 Laureano de Torres y Ayala, Marquis of Casa Torres 1693 – 1699
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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.