What makes st. Agustine a particularly notable Spanish settment

St Augustine was founded in September 8th 1565 by Pedro Menendez de Aviles, a Spanish conquistador who was an admiral and the Governor of Florida at the time. It is a city located in the South East of the United States, in the State of Florida.

What makes St Augustine a particularly notable Spanish settlement is that, up until this day, it is the oldest continuously inhabited European settlement, within the United States of America.