St. Augustine, Florida

[Subdeacon Joe]

From FB.

 

St. Augustine, Florida, founded in 1565 by Spanish settlers, it is the oldest continuously inhabited European-established settlement in what is now the contiguous United States.

Before the Spanish arrived the area of St. Augustine was inhabited by the Timucua, who lived in villages along the St. Johns River. They farmed, fished, hunted, and maintained trade networks with neighboring groups. Succeeding governors of the province maintained a peaceful coexistence with the local Native Americans, allowing the isolated outpost of St. Augustine some stability for a few years. On May 28 and 29, 1586, soon after the Anglo-Spanish War began between England and Spain, the English privateer Sir Francis Drake sacked and burned St. Augustine. The approach of his large fleet obliged Governor Pedro Menéndez Márquez and the townspeople to evacuate the settlement. When the English got ashore, they seized some artillery pieces and a royal strongbox containing gold ducats (which was the garrison payroll). The killing of their sergeant major by the Spanish rearguard caused Drake to order the town razed to the ground.

The building of a sea wall in St. Augustine was initiated by the Spanish government in the 1690s, for which laborers burned lime and quarried coquina while the final blocks of the Castillo de San Marcos were being laid in 1695 (the fort viewable in these pictures). It took ten years to build. The seawall later became a critical part of the city's waterfront defense against tidal flooding and shoreline erosion.

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[Cypress Sun]

 

Don't forget, it's also the location of The Fountain of Ute!

[Sedalia Dave]

The Impact Response of Coquina: Unlocking the Mystery Behind the Endurance of the Oldest Fort in the United States

[JD Lud]

A couple shots from there…

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

Funny thought here.  The city in Florida is saint AW-gus -teen but the church where I got married is saint a-GUS-tin.

[Dawg Hair, SASS #29557]

There is a very old church named "Nuestra Senora de la Leche y el Buen Parto", "Our Lady of Milk and Good Birthing", founded by nuns way back in the 1400ds.

Quite an unusual place with even a crazier name but I found it to be the most peaceful and relaxing place I've ever been to.  There is an original chapel which was rebuilt several times and a graveyard where all the nuns were buried in.  I've never seen anything like that here in the USA.  

Then there's Ripley's "beleive it or not" museum with all kings of weird sttuff, and the fort.   If you come down to Florida it is well worth to visit but you are going to walk!

[Subdeacon Joe]

19 minutes ago, Dawg Hair, SASS #29557 said:

There is a very old church named "Nuestra Senora de la Leche y el Buen Parto", "Our Lady of Milk and Good Birthing", founded by nuns way back in the 1400ds.

Quite an unusual place with even a crazier name but I found it to be the most peaceful and relaxing place I've ever been to.  There is an original chapel which was rebuilt several times and a graveyard where all the nuns were buried in.  I've never seen anything like that here in the USA.  

Then there's Ripley's "beleive it or not" museum with all kings of weird sttuff, and the fort.   If you come down to Florida it is well worth to visit but you are going to walk!

 

Thanks!

 

America's Oldest Shrine: Our Lady of La Leche in St. Augustine, Florida ~ Liturgical Arts Journal https://share.google/bmItrhjZqmZycbAJN

[Dawg Hair, SASS #29557]

The church was actually built in 1565, not in the 1400ds.  Sorry about this bad info.  In the late 1970s while stationed in the control tower in Daytona Beach I attended a three day Catholic seminar in St. Augustine.  Long time ago and memory plays tricks on me.  

[Calamity Kris]

We have visited there several times.  Lots of things to see.  Christmas time is especially beautiful.  This is a night picture of Cathedral Basilica in St Augustine.  America's first parish founded in 1565.