Fort Matanzas is located about 15 miles of St. Augustine. After we visited the Castillo de San Marcos, we drove the short distance to see this small Fort. The park is named in remembrance of 250 French Huguenots that were killed by the Spanish. Matanzas,, in Spanish means “slaughter”. The Fort was constructed 175 years later to help protect the Spanish Empire in St. Augustine from a new enemy, the British.
The History of Fort Matanzas is amazing and we definitely enjoyed touring it and look forward to going back again in the future.
