Saint Augustine, United States
Castillo de San Marcos
The Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States; it is located on the western shore of Matanzas Bay in St. Augustine, Florida. It was designed by the Spanish engineer Ignacio Daza, with construction beginning in 1672, 107 years after the city's founding by Spanish Admiral and conquistador Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, when Florida was part of the Spanish Empire.
- City
- Saint Augustine
- Country
- United States
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
More places in Saint Augustine
- Lightner Museum
- St. Augustine National Cemetery
- St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park
- Tolomato Cemetery
- Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine
- Bridge of Lions
Background: Wikipedia