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One area of Florida that is worth the visit is historic St. Augustine. Henry Flagler took an interest in the area and built the Ponce de Leon Hotel which is now Flagler College. Visitors began coming and haven’t stopped. But that is another story.
I recently took another trip to St. Augustine and you can read about it here.
I find the history of the old fort in St. Augustine, Florida fascinating. Located on the east coast of Florida, the Castillo de San Marcos (which means St. Mark’s Castle) is right on the Intracoastal Waterway. Today it serves as a tourist attraction with many visitors trudging over those thick walls each day, but it was built long ago to protect the people of a Spanish settlement.
The Spanish settled in the St. Augustine in 1565 and built forts of wood which were too easily destroyed. Flimsy wood was either burned by attackers, or destroyed by storms. They needed a better and sturdier line of defense. So they came up with an ingenious idea. Continue reading “The Famous Fort in St. Augustine That Was Built of Seashells”
