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The walls surrounding the castle came together in this acute angle with little stairs going down them so my "cute" girl had to check them out.
In the background is a giant cross put by clergy who apparently share Donald's little problem. flic.kr/p/LucPhy
A night shot of the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, Florida. The walls of the fort are overexposed due to some big floodlights but I like the overall look of this one with the reflections and starry sky.
Castillo De San Marcos, St. Augustine, FL:
This room is one of the oldest rooms at the Fort. It was sealed 100 years after it was constructed. Bones were found inside when it was finally opened.
A shot taken from the Castillo de San Marcos grounds on the Matanzas River in St. Augustine, FL.
You can almost see the cheery postcard greeting now.
Castillo de San Marcos ... this is a tiny room with a tiny opening ... you have to crawl in on your knees. The powder was kept in here, to stay dry.
On our second day in the Jacksonville area, we headed east to St Augustine, the oldest continuously inhabited European-established city in the US.
Saint Augustine was founded on September 8, 1565, by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. He named the settlement "San Agustín", as his ships bearing settlers, troops, and supplies from Spain had first sighted land in Florida on August 28, 1565, the feast day of St. Augustine.
The city served as the capital of Spanish Florida for over 200 years, and remained the capital of East Florida when the territory briefly changed hands between Spain and Britain. It was designated the capital of the Florida Territory until Tallahassee was made the capital in 1824.
It is brimming with Colonial history, and it was also among the pivotal sites of the Civil Rights Movement in 1963–1964.
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03/10/2011 : Saint Augustine, FL, South Castillo Dr, Castillo de San Marcos (1672-95): coquina