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Pensacola is known as the City of 5 Flags referring to the 5 governments that controlled the area at various times: Spain, Britain, France, the Confederacy and the United States. There is a lot of history here. We definitely need to come back to see all that Pensacola has to offer.
We took a quick walk around the historic district and looked at the homes from the 1800s that are now repurposed for retail.
We also saw the Old Christ Church built in the 1800s during the American period. It also served as the public library and as a museum at one point. In addition, archeologists have found remains of a Spanish building and a British kitchen under the church floor!
Here is a photo of the Julee Cottage once owned by a free woman of color in the early 1800s.
These historic homes are near the Seville Square.
There are a number of Live Oak trees in this square which get very old and whose branches grow very long, just like the Angel Tree in Charleston. They have a creative way to hold the branches off the ground. It's a wooden sculpture of a little girl standing on a little boy's shoulders who is standing on a dog.
Leave it to Johnny Keefe to find a unique fun place in Pensacola - The Seville Quarter. Although we were there at lunch, and not for the nightlife, it looked like a cool place.
It is a renovated warehouse with different bars and restaurants inside. The owner finds antiques, like these bar chairs below, to add to the atmosphere.
Look at the rafters in the ceiling of the this restaurant. The other ceiling had the old tin tiles.
Pensacola Beach was on my bucket list of cities to see when we started this adventure. Although the weather wasn't the best, we took a walk on the beach so I could check it off! Look at those waves.
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