2022年12月23日 · Built by the Spanish in St. Augustine to defend Florida and the Atlantic trade route, Castillo de San Marcos National Monument preserves the oldest masonry fortification in the continental United States and interprets more than 450 years of cultural intersections.

2024年3月21日 · The Golden Access and Age Passports; the Castillo Annual Pass; and the Interagency Access, Annual, Military, and Senior Passes are honored for free admission in accordance with the terms specified on the card.

2022年7月1日 · The park store has a wide range of books, maps, travel guides, media, educational games, posters, and other items available for retail sale. These products complement the interpretive themes you experience when visiting the park. The park store is located inside the Castillo, in the first door on your left as you enter.

The Castillo de San Marcos is unique in North American architecture. As the only extant 17th century military construction in the country and the oldest masonry fortress in the United States it is a prime example of the "bastion system" of fortification, the culmination of hundreds of years of military defense engineering.

The oldest masonry fortification remaining in the continental United States, Castillo de San Marcos formed the core of a system of defenses built to protect St. Augustine, Florida, which was the first permanent European settlement in the continental United States.

2021年6月28日 · The Castillo de San Marcos, in St. Augustine, Florida, serves as the oldest masonry fortification in the United States. Fortifications were built as a defensive wall or barrier to prevent potential attacks.

2018年4月19日 · While the walls of the city defended the townspeople, the heavy guns of the Castillo de San Marcos and the long-range 9-pounders of the maneuverable Spanish galleys in the harbor held the enemy at bay.

But after years of hardship and struggle, these people and their chiefs began to surrender one by one. The Unites States Government decided to imprison them in an eastern, remote location. General Sherman and President Grover Cleveland decided on the old Castillo in …

2025年1月19日 · The Castillo de San Marcos is open to the public seven days per week except Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November) and Christmas Day (December 25). First admission is at 9:00 a.m. and last admission is at 5:00 p.m.

2020年6月23日 · Directions The Castillo de San Marcos National Monument is located in downtown St. Augustine, Florida. St. Augustine is located on Florida’s Northeastern Atlantic coast about midway between Jacksonville and Daytona Beach. Nearby Jacksonville and Daytona are served by international airports with easy access to I-95.