Fort Pickens

Fort Pickens is a historic pentagonal United States military fort on Santa Rosa Island in the Pensacola, Florida, area. It is named after American Revolutionary War hero Andrew Pickens. It is the largest of four forts built to defend Pensacola Bay and its navy yard. The fort was completed in 1834 and was one of the few forts in the South that remained in Union hands throughout the American Civil War. It remained in use until 1947. Fort Pickens is included within the Gulf Islands National Seashore, and as such, is administered by the National Park Service.

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Fort Pickens ranks #3,055 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #59 of the 103 mapped in United States. Founded 1834, it is older than 10% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 607 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 5,204 times in the last 60 days, more than 85% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.

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