[Patz] Our Adventures In St. Augustine

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Here are some of the our pictures from visits to St. Augustine, Florida;
America's oldest city. It is about 45 km south of our home.

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	This commemorative plaque marks St Augustine as the first, permanent, western settlement in the America (Florida). St Augustine was settled in 1565, the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the USA, antedating the other well-known early American settlements of Jamestown (1609), and Boston (1630). St. Augustine is the oldest continuously inhabited city in a US state.
This is the beginning of the Bridge of Lions, State Route A1A crossing the St Augustine harbor.
	These are views of and from the St Augustine lighthouse, the first lighthouse to be built in Florida. It is 165' tall and contains 219 steps. The climb is equivalent to that of a fourteen storey building. #1 is the view of the Old City from the lighthouse, the Bridge of Lions can be seen in the middle right of the photo; #2, the lighthouse; and #3, us on the top of the lighthouse overlooking the harbor. "Jerrold Patz"
These photos are of the old fort (Castillo de San Marcos) that protected St Augustine. It is the nation's oldest masonry fort. The right photo is a detail of the fort's design: typical 16^th Century Spanish architecture.
	The St Augustine Lightner Museum, a showcase for mechanical musical instruments and Tiffany glass. Formerly the Alcazar Hotel, it was also built by Henry Flagler.
Flagler College, once the Ponce de Leon Hotel built by Henry Flagler in 1888.
	This is the oldest wooden schoolhouse in the US. Built prior to 1763, this schoolhouse remains as it was over two centuries ago. My alma mater, Boston Latin School is the oldest public school in the U.S. Boston Latin School opened in 1635 and is still in operation. In 1881, Boston Latin School was spoken of as "the largest structure in America devoted to educational purposes, and the largest in the world used as a free school."
St. Augustine is also the home to a Greek Orthodox National Shrine, St. Photios. Here are two views, an altar and a portion of one of the ceiling frescoes.
	Our European 'cousins' visit St. Augustine. (L) Lisa, Gilbert, and Laurent on top of the St. Augustine Lighthouse and (R) Gilbert, Lisa, and Laurent at the Old City Gate.
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