Fort Barrancas
This fort was built around 1800.
In the American Civil war, the fort was more than a year in the hands of the Confederates.
During the Second World War, is was a coastal defence post for Pensacola. Nowadays it is a National Historic Landmark and open to the public.
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- Text: Fedor de Vries
- Photos: National Park Service
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