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America's oldest masonry fort, the Castillo de
San Marcos ("Castle of St. Marks") has
overlooked the waterfront of St. Augustine,
Florida, for more than three hundred years.
Actually the tenth in a series of forts built to
protect St. Augustine (the previous nine being
constructed of wood), work on the Castillo
was begun in October of 1672. A pirate attack
in 1668 and the founding of Charleston by
the English in 1670 prompted the Queen
Regent Mariana of Spain to approve the
building of a powerful masonry fortification to
defend Florida.
San Marcos ("Castle of St. Marks") has
overlooked the waterfront of St. Augustine,
Florida, for more than three hundred years.
Actually the tenth in a series of forts built to
protect St. Augustine (the previous nine being
constructed of wood), work on the Castillo
was begun in October of 1672. A pirate attack
in 1668 and the founding of Charleston by
the English in 1670 prompted the Queen
Regent Mariana of Spain to approve the
building of a powerful masonry fortification to
defend Florida.
Castillo de San Marcos | St. Augustine, FL
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I grew up near St Augustine in the 1950s/60s. That fort is one of my favorite places to visit. The walls, made from coquina, almost absorb cannonballs. Florida still paves their roads with it.
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Yes shale is mixed in with tar to pave roads here. When I lived in MA. they used tar and stones.
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