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The St. Augustine Alligator Farm, founded in 1893, [98] [99] is one of the oldest commercial tourist attractions in Florida, as is the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park, which has been a tourist attraction since around 1902. [100]
Begun in 1993, the Nights of Lights festival is a public-private partnership, between the City of St. Augustine and the St. Johns County Tourist Development Council, and local businesses and residents. [3] Architectural firm Angels of Architecture has designed and installed the jointly-funded lighting displays since 1996. [3]
St. Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida's first governor. He named the settlement San Agustín, for his ships bearing settlers, troops, and supplies from Spain had first sighted land in Florida eleven days earlier on August 28, the feast day of St. Augustine. [5]
Entertainment in the Ancient City includes: Holiday Shoppes, Jingle Bell Jog 5K, the Christmas Parade & a boat parade, and holiday music. Top 5 things to do in St. Augustine: RubiMusic’s holiday ...
Brisbane: Myer Christmas Parade and Pantomime [5]; Bundaberg: Pageant of Lights.Held annually in early December. Cooroy: Christmas in Cooroy.A two-day annual event, with the street parade held on the first Saturday in December
The González-Alvarez House is the oldest surviving Spanish colonial dwelling in St. Augustine, with evidence dating the site's occupancy from the 1600s, and the present house to the early 1700s. The house is located at 14 Saint Francis Street and exhibits both Spanish and British colonial architectural details and styles. [ 3 ]
Mission San Luis de Apalachee (also known as San Luis de Talimali) was a Spanish Franciscan mission built in 1656 in the Florida Panhandle, two miles west of the present-day Florida Capitol Building in Tallahassee, Florida. It was located in the descendent settlement of Anhaica (also as Anhayca Apalache or Inihayca) capital of Apalachee Province.
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