
Castillo de San Marcos St. Augustine Florida

by Dawna Moore Photography
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Castillo de San Marcos St. Augustine Florida
Artist
Dawna Moore Photography
Medium
Photograph - Nature Photography
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The Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States (Castillo San Felipe del Morro in San Juan, Puerto Rico is older). Located on the shore of Matanzas Bay in the city of St. Augustine, Florida, construction began in 1672, 107 years after the city's founding by Spanish Admiral and conquistador Pedro Men�ndez de Avil�s, when Florida was part of the Spanish Empire.
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February 7th, 2014
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