Castillo de San Marco is one of the oldest standing structures in North America, and the oldest masonry fort. It took 25 years to build, making it a VERY costly project. The fort was initially built by the Spanish, to protect their empire in America. The fort has flown six different flags, survived hurricanes, bombardments and sieges.
The fort was built in a star shape, formed by diamond-shaped projections ("bastions")at each corner. This design eliminates blind spots for guards, and increase the fort's firepower by allowing multiple cannons to fire on the same target; a crossfire effect. The Castillo de San Marco was attack many times in it's history, but was never taken in battle.
There is MUCH history to this fort, so I will once again defer to Wikipedia for the complete story, if you're interested. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castillo_de_San_Marcos
Here are our pictures of Castillo de San Marcos.
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