The Wandering Scot
An occasional travel journal
Part of a cross-country road trip from Arizona to Florida.
Tallahassee
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| Supreme Court of Florida
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Old Florida State Capitol
Overshadowed by new Capitol office tower
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| Old State Capitol
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| View up to dome
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| Old Supreme Court room
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| Old Senate Chamber
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| Old House of Representatives chamber
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| View to New Capitol chamber
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| New Capitol
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| New Florida State Capitol (1977)
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Jacksonville
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| Downtown Jacksonville
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| Downtown Jacksonville
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| Jacksonville Beach
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| Beach view from Four Points by Sheraton
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Fort Caroline National Memorial
This is a National Park Service reconstruction of what they believe the French Fort de la Caroline (1654) probably looked like.
It is in roughly the right area. The fort was destroyed by the Spanish and the settlers massacred.
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| Exterior Walls
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St Augustine
Old St Augustine
St Augustine was founded by the Spanish in 1565 and is the oldest continually occupied European settlement in the US.
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Cathedral of St Augustine
Facade around 1797, main structure much rebuilt
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| Cathedral of St Augustine
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| Cathedral interior
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| Cathedral: Painting of First Mass in 1565
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| Flagler College
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Flagler College
Formerly the ultra-spiffy Ponce de Leon Hotel (1888)
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St Augustine City Hall + Museum
Former Alcazar Hotel (also by Mr Flagler)
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Former Governor's House
Originally16th c, but much rebuilt
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"Treasury on the Plaza" (1926)
Once a bank, now an event venue
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Gonzalez-Alvarez House
Aka "The Oldest House", originally 1723
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Tovar House
Originally from 1763.
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Ponce de Leon statue
"Discoverer of Florida" 1513
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| Old City Gates, from 1808.
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| The busy Tourist Quarter
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| Stout old house
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Castillo de San Marcos
The Castillo de San Marcos (1672) was built by the Spanish to hold off the encroaching French and English.
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| Fortress plan
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Alabama
