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The bastion was named after the patron saint of the city. St. Augustine was established in 1565, 42 years before the English settled Jamestown and 55 years before the Pilgrims stepped onto Plymouth Rock. It grew from 800 people in 1565 to 3,000 in 1763, the end of the first Spanish occupation.
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