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When he returned to St. Augustine in 1784, it was as chief overseer of works in East Florida, a reward bestowed upon him by Spanish Governor Vizente Manuel de Zéspedes. [2] De Herrera's descendants sold the house in 1789 to Miguel Isnardy, the sea captain and contractor for the St. Augustine Cathedral.
The Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine (Spanish: Catedral basílica de San Agustín) is a historic cathedral in St. Augustine, Florida, and the seat of the Catholic Bishop of St. Augustine. It is located at 38 Cathedral Place between Charlotte and St. George Streets.
The St. Augustine Historic Restoration and Preservation Commission (later the Historic St. Augustine Preservation Board) completed a reconstruction of the Sánchez de Ortigosa house in 1966. It was built as a one-story pink house on the corners of St. George Street and Cuna Street. The roof was built of tile and cement.
The Cathedral of Saint Augustine (or St. Augustine's Cathedral) may refer to several different cathedral churches, including: Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine in St. Augustine, Florida; Cathedral of San Agustin in Laredo, Texas; St. Augustine Cathedral (Bridgeport, Connecticut) Cathedral of St. Augustine (Iba), Roman Catholic Diocese of Iba ...
Notre Dame Academy was established after the merger of Cathedral, St. Mary’s and St. Augustine schools in Belleville. ‘Change is inevitable’: Alumni look back at soon-to-close metro-east ...
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. 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.
In 635, a centre of Celtic Christianity was established at Lindisfarne, Northumbria, where St Aidan founded a monastery. In 597, the mission of Augustine from Rome came to England to convert the southern Anglo-Saxons, and founded the first cathedral and a Benedictine monastery at Canterbury. These churches consisted of a nave with side chambers.
In 1987 philanthropists Dominique and John de Menil opened their vast art collection, which includes pieces by René Magritte, Henri Matisse, and Mark Rothko, with a museum designed by Renzo Piano.