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Built by the Spanish in 1740-42 to protect the southern approach to St. Augustine, the Matanzas Inlet (Matanzas translates as "slaughters") was the site of a brutal massacre of French forces led by Jean Ribault by the Spanish. National Park Service employees currently carries people across the inlet to the fort in colonial costume.

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Expanded Tour of the Timucuan Preserve

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colonialism , park , florida