西班牙的冒險家，在佛羅里達建立奧古斯丁，1565年，9月8日

你知道在美國最古老且一直有人居住的城市，位於佛羅里達州嗎？1565年9月8日，蒙尼德茲 〈Pedro Menéndez de Avilés〉在現在被稱為瑪坦薩斯灣的海岸登陸，隨即著手建立聖‧奧古斯汀城，後來的移民者才將其改名為佛羅里達 州，奧古斯丁。這個城市建築在古老美洲原住民的村莊上，離歐洲人在1513年尋找傳說中 青春之泉，在佛州登陸上岸的地方不遠。這個城市自從興建之後，一直有人居住至今。


Did you know that the oldest continually occupied city in the United States is in the state of Florida? On September 8, 1565, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés landed on the shore of what is now called Matanzas Bay and began the founding of the Presidio of San Agustin. Later the settlement would be called St. Augustine, Florida. Built on the site of an ancient Native American village, and near the place where Ponce de Leon, the European discoverer of Florida, landed in 1513 in search of the legendary Fountain of Youth, it has been continually inhabited since its founding.

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