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World Heritage Sites; Site Image Location () Year listed UNESCO data Description Historic Town of Ouro Preto: Minas Gerais: 1980 124; i, iii (cultural) Ouro Preto, literally Black Gold, was the centre of the Brazilian Gold Rush in the 18th century.
The National Historic Landmarks in Florida are representations of a broad sweep of history from Pre-Columbian times, through the Second Seminole War and Civil War, and the Space Age. There are 47 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Florida , [ 1 ] which are located in twenty-two of the state's sixty-seven counties .
The borders of East and West Florida varied. In 1783, when Spain acquired West Florida and re-acquired East Florida from Great Britain through the Peace of Paris (1783), the eastern British boundary of West Florida was the Apalachicola River, but Spain in 1785 moved it eastward to the Suwannee River.
The cathedral is a hyperboloid structure constructed from 16 concrete columns weighing 90 tons each. [2] [3]In the square access to the cathedral are four 2.5-meter (8 ft 2 in) tall bronze sculptures representing the four Evangelists, created by sculptors Alfredo Ceschiatti and Dante Croce in 1968. [4]
Pages in category "Landmarks in Brazil" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Brasília TV Tower
Florida counties (clickable map) There are more than 1,900 properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida. They are distributed through 66 of the state's 67 counties. Of these, 42 are National Historic Landmarks.
Under the Adams–Onís Treaty, negotiated in 1819, Spain agreed to cede Florida to the United States.Spain did not formally ratify the treaty until 1821. In March of that year, Andrew Jackson was appointed its first territorial governor, and was given the task of overseeing the transfer of the territories of East and West Florida from Spanish authorities.
When Britain gained control of Florida in 1763 pursuant to the Treaty of Paris, St. Augustine became the capital of British East Florida, and the fort was renamed Fort St. Mark [9] until the Peace of Paris (1783) when Florida was transferred back to Spain and the fort's original name restored.