Plaza Ferdinand VII

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name = Plaza Ferdinand VII
nrhp_type = nhl

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caption = The plaza, with the Chipley monument in the center
location = Pensacola, Florida, USA
lat_degrees = 30
lat_minutes = 24
lat_seconds = 27
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 87
long_minutes = 12
long_seconds = 50
long_direction = W
locmapin = Florida
built = 1815
designated = October 9, 1960 [http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=163&ResourceType=Site Plaza Ferdinand VII] at [http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl National Historic Landmarks Program] ]
added = October 15, 1966
refnum = 66000264cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/FL/Escambia/state.html|title=National Register of Historical Places - Florida (FL), Escambia County|date=2007-09-22|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = Historic Pensacola Village

The Plaza Ferdinand VII is an outdoor garden and park in the historic district of Pensacola, Florida. It is located on Palafox Street between Government and Zaragosa Streets. It was named after Ferdinand VII of Spain, the King of Spain between 1813 and 1833.

Historical significance

The cession of Florida to the United States from Spain occurred at the Plaza on July 17, 1821. General Andrew Jackson made a public speech to townspeople, informing them that the land was now the Florida Territory, and that Pensacola would be its capital. General Jackson was later sworn in as first Territorial Governor in the plaza. A bust of Jackson now stands at the spot where he was inaugurated.

The Plaza was listed for consideration as a National Historic Landmark in 1960, achieving that status in 1966. Archaeologists, in 2002, discovered evidence of British structures previously not known to have existed in that area.

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