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12-62500 [4] GNIS feature ID. 0308101 [3] Website. City of St. Augustine. St. Augustine ( / ˈɔːɡəstiːn / AW-gə-steen; Spanish: San Agustín [san aɣusˈtin]) is a city in and the county seat of St. Johns County located 40 miles (64 km) south of downtown Jacksonville. The city is on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida.
History of Florida. St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the continental United States, was founded in 1565 by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. The Spanish Crown issued an asiento to Menéndez, signed by King Philip II on March 20, 1565, granting him various titles, including that ...
Location of St. Johns County in Florida. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Johns County, Florida. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Johns County, Florida, United States. The locations of National Register properties ...
St. George Street is a major pedestrian road in St. Augustine, Florida, United States. It extends from the old city gates next to the Castillo de San Marcos to the end of the peninsula at South Street. History. The street was originally constructed when St. Augustine was founded in 1565 but has been repaved multiple times over the centuries.
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October 15, 1924. The Castillo de San Marcos ( Spanish for "St. Mark's Castle") 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 ...
The National Shrine of Our Lady of La Leche is a Catholic Marian shrine located at the Nombre de Dios Mission in St. Augustine, Florida. Originally built in 1609 in honor of Our Lady of La Leche —a Marian apparition popular among the Spanish settlers in the area—it is the oldest shrine in the United States. It was elevated to national ...
15 April 1970 [4] Designated NHLDCP. 15 April 1970. The Cathedral Basilica of St. Augustine ( Spanish: Catedral basílica de San Agustín) is a historic cathedral in St. Augustine, Florida, and the seat of the Catholic Bishop of St. Augustine. It is located at 38 Cathedral Place between Charlotte and St. George Streets.