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Crumbling Coquina, also, Piedra frágil. Fort Matanzas National Monument. Crumbling Coquina (English). Fort Matanzas was built using coquina, a local limestone. This porous limestone is made from millions of seashells pressed together for thousan…
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Guarding the Back Door, also, Vigilando dos entradas. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Guarding the Back Door (English). The Spanish built the Castillo de San Marcos along the winding, shallow channel of the Matanzas River. Any ships ent…
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Deadly Crossfire, also, Fuego Cruzado. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Deadly Crossfire (English). The Spanish built the star-shaped Castillo de San Marcos in the late-1600s. The star design responded to the advent of a deadly new weapo…
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Weapons of War, also, Artillería. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. Weapons of War (English). Touring the fort, you will see three types of artillery: mortars, howitzers, and cannons. Attackers as well as defenders had access to many typ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CVY_government-house-legacy-of-authority_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Government House: Legacy of Authority. Casa Gubernamental: Legado de Autoridad. Government House: Legacy of Authority (English). Government House is a landmark in the history of our nation's government. From the 16th century, a building on this s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CVV_government-house-national-significance_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Government House: National Significance. Casa Gubernamental: Significado Nacional. Government House: National Significance (English). Government House is nationally significant as the first known Federal government restoration of a historic build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CVU_coquina-in-these-walls_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Coquina in These Walls. Coquina en Estas Paredes. Coquina in these Walls (English). Special to the architecture of Government House and St. Augustine's defenses, churches, and residences is coquina, a rare native shell stone formed over a long pe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CVT_government-house-changing-of-the-guard_St.-Augustine-FL.html
Government House: Changing of the Guard. Casa Gubernmental: Cambio de la Guardia. Government House: Changing of the Guard (English). Until 1763, the Governor's House was Spanish Florida's capitol. When Spain ceded Florida to Great Britain, the Br…
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Castillo de San Marcos. National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark American Society of Civil Engineers 1852 Castillo de San Marcos ASCE 1976. var plainText = document.getElem…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CV8_it-begins-ya-comienza_St.-Augustine-FL.html
It Begins, also, Ya comienza. Castillo de San Marcos National Monument. It Begins (English). After days of watching the British prepare, bursts of smoke signal their attack from Anastasia Island. The sentry in the San Carlos watchtower in front o…
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