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Museums in St. Augustine, Florida (25 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in St. Augustine, Florida" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
Known as the Ancient City, St. Augustine features centuries-old architecture, iconic cultural sites, and unspoiled beaches.
The first European known to have explored the coasts of Florida was the Spanish explorer and governor of Puerto Rico, Juan Ponce de León, who likely ventured in 1513 as far north as the vicinity of the future St. Augustine, naming the peninsula he believed to be an island "La Florida" and claiming it for the Spanish crown.
Anastasia State Park is a 1,600-acre (6.5 km 2) state park in Florida, United States. Its location is on a peninsula on Anastasia Island across Matanzas Bay from downtown St. Augustine along the Atlantic coastal plain. This park has a variety of wildlife, birds and plants in a setting of beaches, tidal salt marsh, and marine and upland hammock.
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This era in St. Augustine's history — after Florida was ceded to the United States in 1821 and well before the grand Flagler hotels opened in the second half of the 1880s — was the beginning of tourism in Florida. By 1834, there were six boarding houses in the city. [24] More would open in the years ahead.
The North City Historic District is a U.S. historic district in St. Augustine, Florida. The district is bordered by Castillo Dr. north to Old Mission Ave., N. Ponce de Leon Blvd. on the west and San Marco Avenue on the east. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 1, 2009. [1]
St. Augustine, founded by Spain in 1565, is the oldest permanent European settlement on the mainland of North America, north of Mexico. Its long colonial history extends to 1822, when Spanish East Florida was annexed to the United States as part of the Florida Territory. The city core's street plan, with narrow streets, dates to the first ...