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Fort Matanzas National Monument (Spanish: Fuerte Matanzas) is the site where the Spanish built a fort. It was designated a United States national monument on October 15, 1924. [ 2 ] The monument consists of a 1740 Spanish fort called Fort Matanzas, and about 100 acres (0.4 km 2 ) of salt marsh and barrier islands along the Matanzas River on the ...
Fort Matanzas National Monument Headquarters and Visitor Center. December 31, 2008 8635 ... Fountain of Youth Archeological Park. June 13, 2016
The fort was declared a National Monument in 1924, and after 251 years of continuous military possession, was deactivated in 1933. The 20.48-acre (8.29 ha) site was subsequently turned over to the United States National Park Service. In 1942 the original name, Castillo de San Marcos, was restored by an Act of Congress. [10]
Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming Navajo National Monument, Arizona Statue of Liberty National Monument, New Jersey and New York Fort Matanzas National Monument, Florida In the United States , a national monument is a protected area that can be created from any land owned or controlled by the federal government by proclamation of the ...
Fort Matanzas National Monument, a Spanish colonial-era fort built in 1740–1742, [3] is located at the southern end of the island [4] on Rattlesnake Island in the Intracoastal waterway within the park boundaries; [5] it was designed to protect St. Augustine from attack via the Matanzas River.
The southern component of GTM Research Reserve consists of Pellicer Creek Aquatic Preserve, Faver-Dykes State Park, Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, Moses Creek Conservation Area, Pellicer Creek Conservation Area, Fort Matanzas National Monument, Matanzas State Forest, Princess Place Preserve, The River to Sea Preserve at Marineland, Marsh ...
Dry Tortugas National Park; El Morro National Monument (Ramah, New Mexico) "Inscription Rock" is a soft sandstone monolith on which are carved hundreds of inscriptions. Included are inscriptions of the Spanish explorers and settlers of the American Southwest. Fort Matanzas National Monument (St. Augustine, Florida)
Fort McHenry National Park: March 3, 1925: ... Fort Matanzas National Monument: Florida: 300.11 acres (1.2145 km 2) Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine: