The Presidio of San Francisco (originally, El Presidio Real de San Francisco or Royal Presidio of San Francisco) is a park on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. It has been a fortified location since 1776 when the Spanish made it the military center of their expansion in the area. It passed to Mexico, which in turn passed it to the United States in 1847. A...
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Area:
- 5.90862 km² (2.28133 mi² )
Contained by:
- San Francisco ,
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area ,
- San Francisco District 2 ,
- San Francisco Bay Area ,
- California
Opened:
- 1776
Architectural Style:
- Colonial Revival architecture ,
- Mission Revival Style architecture ,
- Classical Revival ,
- Spanish Colonial Revival Style architecture ,
- Spanish Colonial Style architecture
Also known as:
- Presidio Military Reservation,
- Presidio
