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Fort Matanzas National MonumentFort Matanzas is surrounded by salt marsh.
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Fort Matanzas National Monument
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Ft Matanzas stands stark against the low landscape of the Matanzas River  

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Ft Matanzas is built with the unique limestone, "coquina". Made of many tiny shell fragments and sand lightly bound together with calcite, it has survived cannon balls and hurricanes but is very fragile to human contact. Ft Matanzas National Monument, Florida

Last Updated: July 24, 2006 at 22:37 EST