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THE OLDEST CITY IN THE U.S — ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA 2017
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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ST. AUGUSTINE
The 5 most interesting facts about St. Augustine, Florida. The Castillo de San Marcos is a 17th-century Spanish stone fortress with views of the St. Augustine Inlet. On September 8th, 1565, Spanish conquistador Pedro Menéndez de Avilés founded a city on the Atlantic coast of Florida, which he named St. Augustine in honor of the patron saint of his hometown. History stories about St. Augustine.
‹•› It lays claim to being the oldest city in the U.S on the northeast coast of Florida, and is known for its Spanish colonial architecture as well as Atlantic Ocean beaches like sandy St. Augustine Beach and tranquil Crescent Beach. Anastasia State Park is a protected wildlife sanctuary. City of St. Augustine establised September 8th, 1565, by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés, Florida's first governor. He named the settlement "San Agustín", as his ships bearing settlers, troops, and supplies from Spain had first sighted land in Florida eleven days earlier on August 28, the feast day of St. Augustine. The city served as the capital of Spanish Florida for over 200 years. It was designated as the capital of British East Florida when the territory briefly changed hands between Spain and Britain. It is the oldest continuously occupied European established settlement in the continental United States.
‹•› St. Augustine has three forts that guard it. Castillo de San Marcos, Fort Mantanzas, and Fort Mose were built to protect the city. The Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest masonry fort in the continental United States. The fort is also the only one from the 17th century in the continental U.S that is stiil standing. The city’s fort was originally named the Castillo de San Marcos, by the Spanish who built it. It was then renamed Fort St. Mark, by the British when they took over. In 1821, when Florida became a U.S. territory, the fort was renamed again, this time being called Fort Marion. The fort’s original name was restored by Congress in 1942. Despite being attacked many times, the Castillo de San Marcos fort has never been taken by force. 
‹•› The legendary spring, the Fountain of Youth, made famous by explorer Ponce de Leon, is in St. Augustine and located on what is now know as the Fountain of Youth Archaeological Park. It is a popular tourist destination. It has been claimed that the site occupies the vicinity where Spanish explorer, Juan Ponce de Leon, first arrived in Florida in 1513, although most modern historians now believe that he probably landed in the Cape Canaveral area.
‹•› The city is home to the world oldest Ripley's Believe It or Not. Museum with oddities, useless facts and interesting sights. The only place in St. Augustine where you'll find shrunken heads, a bone motorcycle, a car part pirate, or a scale model of The Internaltional Space Station made out of matchsticks. The city's odditorium opened in 1950, the year after Robert Ripley's death.
‹•› The narrowest street in the United States is in St. Augustine. It is called Treasury Street and it is just 7 feet wide. The street connects the Royal Spanish Treasury to the area where the ship dock on the bay and it was deliberately made to be narrow, this was done so that thieves would find it difficult to ride horse-drawn carriage to steal and escape with chests of gold from the treasury.
Jacksonville Beach. A coastal resort city in Duval County, Florida. Gorgeous white sand beaches just minutes from downtown Jacksonville with plenty of beachfront and walking-distance accommodations, the vast stretches of gorgeous beach are a quick and easy escape from the everyday. Beach volleyball, surfing, fishing and a wide variety of eateries – Jacksonville Beach has it all. Visitors and natives alike are delighted by dolphins rolling just outside the surf line. Surfers are drawn to Jacksonville Beach by some of the best waves in the region. Devoting some time to Jacksonville Beach and its surrounding attractions unearths a unique combination of history, leisure and recreational activities.
