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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
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.
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.
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
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Castle of San Marcos: Spanish fort in St. Augustine, Florida, United States; Castle of San Marcos : medieval castle in El Puerto de Santa María , Cádiz , Spain . Topics referred to by the same term