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西班牙的冒險家，在佛羅里達建立奧古斯丁，1565年，9月8日
蒙尼德茲將此處命名為聖奧古斯汀城，以阿爾及利亞希波大主教為名，希望他在慶典時能看到海岸。這個城市對西班牙皇室來說，有重要功能：保衛歐洲到大西洋的基本貿易路線，主要是由西往東的潮流，稱為墨西哥灣流。在領土方面，這個城市有保衛西班牙聲稱其領土不被侵略的意味。
1672年，皇后下令重建堅固的堡壘，因為原來的太脆弱了，容易遭受海盜襲擊。新的堡壘用貝殼石建成，30呎高、12呎厚，外面還有一條護城河。這樣的型式一直沿用至今。
Menéndez de Avilés named San Agustin for St. Augustine, bishop of Hippo, Algeria, upon whose feast day he had sighted the coast. The city was to serve important functions for the Spanish Empire, defending the primary trade route to Europe along the Atlantic Ocean's main west to east current, called the Gulf Stream. As the territorial capital, St. Augustine would also defend the Spanish-claimed land against invasion.
In 1672, the Queen ordered a stronger fort be built to replace a wooden fort, which had proved vulnerable to pirate attack. This new one, made of shell stone, consisting of walls 30 feet high and 12 feet thick, and surrounded by a moat, was made to last. And last it did.
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