United States · 18th century
Fort Matanzas National Monument (Spanish: Fuerte Matanzas) is the site where the Spanish built a fort. It was designated a United States national monument on October 15, 1924. The monument consists of a 1740 Spanish fort called Fort Matanzas, and about 100 acres (0.4 km2) of salt marsh and barrier islands along the Matanzas River on the northern Atlantic coast of Florida. It is operated by the National Park Service in conjunction with the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument in the city of St. Augustine.
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Fort Matanzas National Monument ranks #1,765 of 9,079 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #29 of the 110 mapped in United States. Founded 1740, it is older than 18% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 696 atlas entries founded in the 18th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 3,331 times in the last 60 days, more than 80% of the atlas. Wikidata records about 540,000 visitors in 2020. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.
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