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Florida May 2021
California
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
St Augustine
Part of a cross-country road trip from Arizona to Florida.
Tallahassee
Supreme Court of Florida
Old Florida State Capitol
Overshadowed by new Capitol office tower
Old State Capitol
View up to dome
Old Supreme Court room
Old Senate Chamber
Old House of Representatives chamber
View to New Capitol chamber
New Capitol
New Florida State Capitol (1977)
Jacksonville
Downtown Jacksonville
Downtown Jacksonville
Jacksonville Beach
Beach view from Four Points by Sheraton
Fort Caroline National Memorial
This is a National Park Service reconstruction of what they believe the French
Fort de la Caroline
(1654) probably looked like.
It is in
roughly
the right area. The fort was destroyed by the Spanish and the settlers massacred.
Exterior Walls
St Augustine
Old St Augustine
St Augustine was founded by the Spanish in 1565 and is the oldest continually occupied European settlement in the US.
Cathedral of St Augustine
Facade around 1797, main structure much rebuilt
Cathedral of St Augustine
Cathedral interior
Cathedral: Painting of First Mass in 1565
Flagler College
Flagler College
Formerly the ultra-spiffy Ponce de Leon Hotel (1888)
St Augustine City Hall + Museum
Former Alcazar Hotel (also by Mr Flagler)
Former Governor's House
Originally16th c, but much rebuilt
"Treasury on the Plaza" (1926)
Once a bank, now an event venue
Gonzalez-Alvarez House
Aka "The Oldest House", originally 1723
Tovar House
Originally from 1763.
Ponce de Leon statue
"Discoverer of Florida" 1513
Old City Gates, from 1808.
The busy Tourist Quarter
Stout old house
Castillo de San Marcos
The Castillo de San Marcos (1672) was built by the Spanish to hold off the encroaching French and English.
Fortress plan
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