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Title
Cannon Of Castillo De San Marcos
Artist
Chris Thomas
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
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St. Augustine's most historically significant structure is the Castillo de San Marcos, a fort constructed by the Spanish between 1672 and 1695.
The need to fortify the tiny garrison town was understood as early as 1586, when it was attacked by Sir Francis Drake, an English corsair whose fleet of twenty ships and two thousand men sacked and burned the town.
The fort was built of coquina, a type of shell stone indigenous to the area and quarried from Anastasia Island.
The Castillo has never been conquered despite attacks by English General James Oglethorpe who attempted to subdue the town in 1740. Firing from the tip of Anastasia Island, he found his cannonballs were no match for the unusual consistency of coquina which absorbed the blast rather than crumbling.
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June 4th, 2013
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Baton Rouge, La - United States
I'm with Glenn on this one ~~ would love to hear this bad boy fired off!! :) Great capture and write up, Chris!
Franklin Square, NY - United States
Chris, Fantastic historical photo capturing the great details of this fort in St. Augustine with a wonderful shot of that great looking canon. Along with that great view of the water and sky and the horizon having the sky and water meeting in the background. Great clarity in this wonderful photo, fav, voted, google and tweet promoted and selected as my Daily Favorite in the CFC Daily Favorite thread
Chris Thomas replied:
Thanks John for the support. This place was packed. Getting a photo without a ton of people was a real challenge.
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