Saturday, January 26, 2019

St. Augustine FL. - Oldest City in the USA

Geni and I paid a visit to St. Augustine FL. last week and boy were we impressed with the history of this City! The whole city is a National Historic Landmark, with many buildings dating to the early 1700's! It also has a really amazing Spanish fort, Spanish military base established in 1565 by Don Pedro Menéndez de Aviles.(It was closed for gov shut down). The Spanish Mission Church
built in 1797 was incredible in size and detail! The cobble stone streets are just as they were when Florida was a Spanish colony. The Part of Ponce de León's 1513 claim to La Florida.
LINK: https://www.tripstodiscover.com/historic-sites-in-st-augustine-fl/
CHURCH LINK: http://cannundrum.blogspot.com/2013/02/cathedral-basilica-of-st-augustine.html
FORT LINK: https://www.nps.gov/casa/index.htm

Cobble stone streets
Spanish Fort


Entrance to Church









Gateway to City

                                                                                         

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