St. Augustine Self-Guided Walking Tour

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2 The following is a PREVIEW SAMPLE of the St. Augustine Self-Guided Walking Tour Please purchase, download and print the rest of the St. Augustine Walking Guide Series by visiting: Important Information and Tips on Printing This print guide are designed to print onto a standard 8.5" X 11" piece of paper. Please note that some maps have many points of interest icons on them so we suggest that you zoom in and out as needed (and print as needed according to the zoom level). You may want to print multiple maps at different zoom levels. You can also move the map around on the screen to position it better if needed for printing. Consider using the Mobile versions in conjunction with your printed guide. The Smartphone and Tablet layouts have links to Google maps that give you directions from your current location.

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4 1) St. Augustine Visitor s Info Center Start your visit to St. Augustine at the Visitor Information Center. Pick up brochures for area attractions and tours and learn about local events. It is a great place to meet up with other people in your group or can be used as a rendezvous point. One of the best places to park in old town St. Augustine is directly behind the Visitor's Information Center in the parking garage. There are about 1200 spaces and is open 364 days a year. Parking is notoriously difficult in old town. The St. Augustine Visitor Information Center is also a great place just to cool off in the summer. You will also find public restrooms here. 10 S Castillo Dr 2) St. Augustine Public Burying Grounds During the yellow fever epidemic of 1821, this half-acre plot was set aside as a public cemetery for non-catholics. It is also known as the Huguenot Cemetery. Many Protestant pioneers to the new Florida Territory are buried here. Often such burials, made at public expense, went unmarked. The Presbyterian Church has owned and maintained the cemetery since Interments were discontinued in The cemetery is not usually open to the public, however it is easily viewable from the street. 3) Castillo De San Marcos St. Augustine is home to the oldest masonry fort in the United States. The Castillo de San Marcos was built in 1672 by Spain and replaced

5 nine wooden forts positioned in various locations. The Spanish Crown recognized the need for a more permanent fortification after an attack by Sir Francis Drake in 1565 and the English pirate Robert Searle in The Castillo de San Marcos is a masonry star fort made up primarily of coquina stone. Coquina means "little shells" and is made up of ancient shells bonded together to form a material similar to limestone. The Castillo de San Marcos was put under siege by the British twice but never fell to the British by force. However, due to the Treaty of Paris (1763) following the Seven Years War, Spain abandoned all of Spanish Florida to Britain in exchange for Manila and Havana. Thus from 1763 through 1784 Britain occupied St. Augustine. During the British occupation, the Castillo de San Marcos was renamed Fort St. Mark. Following the second Treaty of Paris (1783), St. Augustine and Florida was returned to Spain, and the fort was renamed back to the Castillo de San Marcos. Spain was losing control of many of it colonial possessions, and in 1819, Florida was ceded to the United States. When Florida became a U.S. territory in 1821 the Castillo de San Marcos became Fort Marion, named after Francis Marion, a revolutionary war hero. Throughout the 19th century, Fort Marion was utilized as a prison for Native Americans (including Chief Osceola during the Seminole Wars, Chief White Horse of the Kiowa and many of Geronimo's Apache band) and served as a battery in the US coastal defense system. It was held by the Confederacy throughout the Civil War when it was surrendered in 1861 (it was mostly abandoned by the Union just prior). In 1900, after 205 years of military use under five different flags, the Castillo de San Marcos was taken off of active duty. In 1924, Fort Marion became a National Monument and transferred from the War Department to the National Park Service in It was not until 1942 that Congress renamed the building Castillo de San Marcos in honor of its Spanish history. 1 S Castillo Dr This is a condensed preview version of the St. Augustine Self Guided Walking Tour. The complete version is available for purchase at