St. Augustine's most historically significant structure is the Castillo de San Marcos., a fort constructed by the Spanish between 1672 and 1695.
The fort was built of coquina, a type of shellstone indigenous to the area and quarred from Anastasia Island.
FLAGLER COLLEGE
Formerly the Hotel Ponce de Leon, where presidents and the nation's elite once stayed. Now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Flagler College has spent more than $23 million restoring the Ponce.
Student-led tours begin in the courtyard, where Flagler's signature red-tiled towers loom. Visitors see the urals and paintings of the parlor room, the mosaic tiles and hand-carved columns of the rotunda and the opulent dining hall, ringed by Louis Comfort Tiffany windows.
Henry Morrison Flagler, railroad pioneer, land developer and founder of Standard Oil with John D. Rockefeller, created the grandest resort in Florida with the Ponce and his vision helped to raise cities out of wilderness on Florida's East Coast.
Established as a memorial to Flagler, Flagler College is a private, liberal arts college with more than 2,000 studens and has been ranked for more than a decade by US News and World Report as one of "America's Best Colleges."
Lots of history to take in ...it was a long and fun day.
Henry Morrison Flagler, railroad pioneer, land developer and founder of Standard Oil with John D. Rockefeller, created the grandest resort in Florida with the Ponce and his vision helped to raise cities out of wilderness on Florida's East Coast.
Established as a memorial to Flagler, Flagler College is a private, liberal arts college with more than 2,000 studens and has been ranked for more than a decade by US News and World Report as one of "America's Best Colleges."
Lots of history to take in ...it was a long and fun day.
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