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Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, site of the oldest masonry fort in the United States, built by the Spaniards on Matanzas Bay between 1672 and 1695 to protect the city of St. Augustine, in northeastern Florida. Established as Fort Marion National Monument in 1924, it was renamed in 1942.
The Castillo de San Marcos (Spanish for "St. Mark's Castle") is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States; it is located on the western shore of Matanzas Bay in the city of St. Augustine, Florida.
Jan 27, 2021 · History & Culture. Stories. Read the Castillo's many stories, both tragic and triumphant. People. Learn more about the many peoples who have shaped the Castillo's history. Collections. Check out items in our museum collection. Preservation. Check out our Cannon Preservation, 3D Digital Documentation, and other preservation projects.
May 26, 2024 · The Castillo de San Marcos is a marvel of 17th-century military engineering. Its construction began in 1672, in the wake of a devastating attack on St. Augustine by the English buccaneer Robert Searle.
Jul 15, 2021 · The Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida, is the oldest stone fort in the continental United States. History of Castillo de San Marcos. Originally constructed by the Spanish in the late 17th century, the stone Castillo de San Marcos replaced a previous wooden fortification.
Built by the Spanish in St. Augustine to defend Florida and the Atlantic trade route, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument preserves the oldest masonry fortification in the continental United States and interprets more than 450 years of cultural intersections.
Explore the history and culture of Castillo de San Marcos National Monument, a unit of the U.S. National Park System.
The Founding of Castillo de San Marcos. Don Manuel de Cendoya. About four o'clock on Sunday afternoon, October 2, 1672, Governor Manuel Cendoya walked to a likely looking spot between the strings marking out the lines of the new fortification.
Aug 11, 2017 · Castillo de San Marcos stands today as a monument to the Spanish empire’s 300-year occupation of Florida and to the interaction and clashes of cultural groups that built the unified nation that is the United States today.
Aug 20, 2016 · One of the most historically significant buildings in St. Augustine is the Castillo de San Marcos, a Spanish fort constructed from 1672 to 1695 that has been a key player in the colonial era of wars and struggles as countries around the globe fought for the ‘New World.’
