Cathedral-Basilica of St. Augustine
St. Augustine, Florida
Cornerstone laid 1793
The first parish in what would become the United States, St. Augustine traces its roots to the landing of Don Pedro Menendez de Aviles on the Florida coast in 1565. The parish church became the cathedral of the new diocese of St. Augustine in 1870. Only the walls and facade of the original church remain; the rest of the present church was rebuilt after an 1887 fire. It was made a basilica in 1976.
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