Fountain of Youth Entrance

The Fountain of Youth National Archaeological Park, created as a tribute to the city's history at the spot where Ponce de Leon is traditionally said to have landed. Though the fountain situated there is not "the" Fountain. The park exhibits native and colonial artifacts to celebrate St. Augustine's Timucuan and Spanish heritage.

Ponce de Leon heard of the fountain from the people of Puerto Rico when he conquered the island. Growing dissatisfied with his material wealth, he launched an expedition to locate it, and in the process discovered Florida. Though he was one of the first Europeans to set foot on the American mainland, he never found the Fountain of Youth.