Castillo de San Marcos
National Monument
St. Augustine Florida

View of Castillo de San Marco St Augustine Florida

These stairs lead up to the terreplein, or gundeck, of the Castillo. The purpose of the hole in the archway that supports the stairs may have been to let light through to the rooms below. Also located under these stairs were the "necessaries", or bathrooms that people in the Castillo would use.

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