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 Saint Augustine A city of northeast Florida on the Atlantic Ocean south-southeast of Jacksonville. Founded by the Spanish in 1565, it is the oldest permanent European settlement in the United States. The city was strategically important from 1586, when Sir Francis Drake burned it, until the Civil War, when it was occupied by Union troops. Population, 11,600+. |
 Boldly perched on the rim of Matanzas Bay rests the embattled 300 year old Castillo de San Marcos. This never-conquered masonry fortress endures as the nation's oldest. Built from the rare native shell-stone mixture, coquina, this fort had the ability to absorb it's attacker's cannon balls. |  The parish of St. Augustine was established in 1594 and is the oldest parish in the United States. The present Cathedral of St. Augustine, a National Historic Landmark, was constructed in 1797 in the Spanish Mission style. |
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A state of the United States bordering on the Atlantic Ocean and the gulf of Mexico. Tallahassee is the capital and Jacksonville the largest city. population, 13, 003, 360+. |
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