Castillo de San Marcos
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 11:13 am
Hello,
This fort in St. Augustiine should be level two minimum in all scenarios.
Almost nothing changed except the name. I have been to this Fort myself.
In October 1672 construction began on the fort that would become the Castillo de San Marcos. The Castillo is a masonry star fort made of a stone called "coquina", literally "little shells", made of ancient shells that have bonded together to form a type of stone similar to limestone. Workers were brought in from Havana, Cuba, to construct the fort. The coquina was quarried from Anastasia Island across the bay from the Castillo, and ferried across to the construction site. Construction lasted twenty-three years, being completed in 1695.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castillo_de_San_Marcos.
Castillo de San Marcos - Spanish 1672-1793
Fort St. Mark - British 1793-1784
Castillo de San Marcos - Spanish 1784-1819
Fort Marion - United States 1819-1942
In 1942 the Park service renamed it back to its original name,
Castillo de San Marcos
This Fort is awesome, and to have been built in 1695, just plain awesome.
This fort in St. Augustiine should be level two minimum in all scenarios.
Almost nothing changed except the name. I have been to this Fort myself.
In October 1672 construction began on the fort that would become the Castillo de San Marcos. The Castillo is a masonry star fort made of a stone called "coquina", literally "little shells", made of ancient shells that have bonded together to form a type of stone similar to limestone. Workers were brought in from Havana, Cuba, to construct the fort. The coquina was quarried from Anastasia Island across the bay from the Castillo, and ferried across to the construction site. Construction lasted twenty-three years, being completed in 1695.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castillo_de_San_Marcos.
Castillo de San Marcos - Spanish 1672-1793
Fort St. Mark - British 1793-1784
Castillo de San Marcos - Spanish 1784-1819
Fort Marion - United States 1819-1942
In 1942 the Park service renamed it back to its original name,
Castillo de San Marcos
This Fort is awesome, and to have been built in 1695, just plain awesome.