A cool visit to the fort Castillo De San Marcos

Castillo De San Marcos 

In St. Augustine, there is a fort called Castillo De San Marcos. The fort was made by the Spanish.

                                       This is the fort from outside

What its made out of and why

 The fort is made out of Coquina shells. the fort was made out of Coquina shells because it is a material that can absorb cannon balls and bullets and any other missiles shot at it.

                                         This is the gunpowder room

                                       

Cool facts about the fort include

The fort has an old message carved into the wall. It is written in old Spanish, but the message itself makes no sense, to many letters have been worn off to translate the sentence. There are also ships carved in to the wall.

This is one of the ships carved into the wall

This is the other ship carved into the wall

This is the message in old Spanish carved into the wall 

These are the soldiers sleeping quarters 

This is the Spanish soldiers giving a demonstration on how
 to shoot a cannon