pre·si·dio
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plural presidios
Definition of presidio
: a garrisoned place
especially
: a military post or fortified settlement in areas currently or originally under Spanish control
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In the heart of historic Santa Barbara, between where the Spanish colonists built the original presidio and today’s City Hall, sits El Paseo, which was considered California’s first shopping center when it was built in the 1920s.
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Matt Kettmann, SFChronicle.com, "Grassini: Choose a tasting flight or wine by the glass in Santa Barbara," 22 June 2020
The nearby San Antonio de Béjar presidio and villa were founded four days later, May 5.
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Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, "San Antonio’s ‘birthday week’ begins Tuesday," 30 Apr. 2018
The presidio’s purpose was to defend the settlement.
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Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, "Mission Dolores’ dark legacy for Indians: From salvation to subjugation and death," 1 Nov. 2019
The founding on San Pedro Creek of the original site of Mission San Antonio de Valero on May 1, 1718, followed by the founding of a nearby presidio, has been recognized as the origins of the Spanish village that became San Antonio.
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Scott Huddleston, ExpressNews.com, "San Antonio’s grande dame, the ‘Queen of the Missions’ celebrating its tricentennial," 20 Feb. 2020
Anza set about finding sites for the two indispensable institutions of Spanish colonial settlement: the presidio, or fort, and the mission.
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Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, "Mission Dolores’ dark legacy for Indians: From salvation to subjugation and death," 1 Nov. 2019
Presidio Park contains remnants of the Spanish presidio from 1769.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, "Old Town: From the presidio to the par 3, mark where California began," 30 June 2019
Spain’s king and queen wrapped up a two-day San Antonio visit Monday, departing for Washington with their own impressions of a city that evolved from a Spanish colonial mission and presidio founded 300 years ago.
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Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, "Spanish royalty conclude “heartwarming” San Antonio visit," 18 June 2018
The royal couple were visiting San Antonio as part of the city’s celebrations related to the 300th anniversary of Spain’s founding of a colonial mission and presidio where the city is now.
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Rye Druzin, San Antonio Express-News, "While offshore wind gets developed, Texas will likely stay onshore," 22 June 2018
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“Presidio.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/presidio. Accessed 17 Apr. 2021.
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