What to see in America . d whenthe news of the Declaration of Independence was received,Adams and Hancock were burned in effigy on the the north end of the plaza is the post office — doubtlessthe oldest one in the United States. During the Spanishrule it was the governors palace. Near by is the cathedral,finished in 1797. Its Moorish belfry contains a chime offour bells, the smallest of which bears the date 1682. Thebuildings in the older parts of the town generally date backto the final period of Spanish occupancy. Many of the dwellings have high-walled gardens full oftropical trees
What to see in America . d whenthe news of the Declaration of Independence was received,Adams and Hancock were burned in effigy on the the north end of the plaza is the post office — doubtlessthe oldest one in the United States. During the Spanishrule it was the governors palace. Near by is the cathedral,finished in 1797. Its Moorish belfry contains a chime offour bells, the smallest of which bears the date 1682. Thebuildings in the older parts of the town generally date backto the final period of Spanish occupancy. Many of the dwellings have high-walled gardens full oftropical trees and Georges Street, nine-teen feet wide, has beenthe main business thor-oughfare of the place forthree centuries. The townis on a peninsula where itonly had to guard againstland attack from thenorth. The inner line ofthree defenses constructedthere contained the citygates, which have sur-vived to the present Augustine began todevelop as a winter re-Beside the Indian River sort immediately after the. Florida 191
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