Fort Matanzas National Monument
Fort Matanzas National Monument 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 of salt marsh and barrier islands along the Matanzas River on the northern Atlantic coast of Florida.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: Place in Florida (US) managed by the National Park Service
- Also known as: “FOMA”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Summer Haven and Crescent Beach.
Summer Haven
Hamlet
Summer Haven is an unincorporated community in southeast St. Johns County, Florida, United States, located just south of the Matanzas Inlet, on a narrow strip of land between a shallow marsh and the Atlantic Ocean.
Crescent Beach
Crescent Beach is a beach town in St. Johns County, Florida, in the First Coast region of the state.
Butler Beach
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Butler Beach is a beach town between St. Augustine Beach and Crescent Beach in the First Coast region of Florida.
Fort Matanzas National Monument
- Categories: National Monument of the United States, National Park System unit, national monument, and fort
- Location: St. Johns, Florida, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Fort Matanzas National Monument” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Fort Matanzas”
- Catalan: “Monument Nacional de Fort Matanzas”
- Catalan: “Monument nacional Fort Matanzas”
- Cebuano: “Fort Matanzas National Monument”
- Chinese: “馬坦薩斯堡國家紀念區”
- Danish: “Fort Matanzas National Monument”
- Dutch: “Fort Matanzas National Monument”
- French: “fort Matanzas National Monument”
- French: “Fort Matanzas National Monument”
- German: “Fort Matanzas National Monument”
- Hebrew: “מבצר מטאנזס”
- Italian: “Fort Matanzas”
- Japanese: “マタンザス砦国立史跡”
- Japanese: “マタンザス要塞ナショナル・モニュメント”
- Spanish: “Fuerte Matanzas”
- Swedish: “Fort Matanzas nationalmonument”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fort Matanzas and Cedar Landing.
Notable Places Nearby
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