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Castilla de San Marcos National Monument, St. Augustine. Florida.
The Oldest City in the United States
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Spanish Castillo de San Marcos is the oldest
complete masonry fortification remaining in con-
t'nental U. S. Construction was started in 1672.
Its 16-foot-thick walls are built of coquina, a
natural shellrock quarried on nearby Anastasia
Island. The Castillo withstood major English at-
tacks in 1702 and 1740, and in its later years as
a prison held many men famous in U. S. history.
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