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The Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park is a privately owned 15-acre (61,000 m 2) park in St. Augustine, Florida, located along Hospital Creek, part of the Intracoastal Waterway. It has been touted as the likely 1513 Florida landing site of Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon, although no evidence has been found to substantiate this claim.
19 November 1982 [1] The Bridge of Lions is a double-leaf bascule bridge that spans the Intracoastal Waterway in St. Augustine, Florida, United States. A part of State Road A1A, it connects downtown St. Augustine to Anastasia Island across Matanzas Bay. A pair of copies of the marble Medici lions guard the bridge, begun in 1925 and completed in ...
Matanzas River. / 29.9138577; -81.2836827. The Matanzas River is a body of water in St. Johns and Flagler counties in the U.S. state of Florida. It is a narrow saltwater bar-bounded estuary sheltered from the Atlantic Ocean by Anastasia Island. [1] The river is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway . The Matanzas River is 23 miles (37 km ...
Florida. County. St. Johns. Anastasia Island is a barrier island located off the northeast Atlantic coast of Florida in the United States. It sits east of St. Augustine, running north–south in a slightly southeastern direction to Matanzas Inlet. The island is about 14 miles (23 km) long [1] [2] and an average of 1 mile in width.
St. Augustine Water Works. / 29.91056°N 81.32056°W / 29.91056; -81.32056. St. Augustine Water Works is a national historic site located at 184 San Marco Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida in St. Johns County. Completed in 1898, in 1928 it was converted to a community center. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on ...
Matanzas Bay. Matanzas Bay is a saltwater bay in St. Johns County, Florida; the entrance to the bay from the South Atlantic is via St. Augustine inlet. Technically this stretch of water running along the city's waterfront is part of the Matanzas River, though it is regularly referred to as a bay or harbor. Bodies of water that connect to the ...
The González–Álvarez House, also known as The Oldest House, is a historic house museum at 14 St. Francis Street in St. Augustine, Florida. With a construction history dating to about 1723, it is believed to be the oldest surviving house in St. Augustine. It is also an important example of St. Augustine's Spanish colonial architectural style ...
Lake Wales. Licensed real estate broker and founder of Portland Area Home Group Teddi Schill suggested Lake Wales as one of the best places to retire in Florida. This charming city “is home to ...