The«OLDSPANISHCEMETERY» is also known as Tolomato Cemetary. It is locked and off limits unless you find a tour. When you look behind the chain linked fence, you get the feeling that there’s so much history buried here with many stories to tell. Tolomato Cemetery is a Catholic cemetery located on Cordova Street in St. Augustine, Florida. The cemetery was the former site of «Tolomato», a village of Guale Indian of the 17th century who were converts to Christianity and the Franciscan monks who ministered to them. The Tolomato Cemetery was founded in 1565 and dubbed the oldest cemetery in Florida. The cemetery is the last resting place of several Florida dignitaries along with unmarked grave for the Second Spanish Period Governor Enrique White. It is known to be a haunted cemetery that has plenty of paranormal phenomena & is filled with hauntings, ghosts, spirits & more. And although I didn’t see anything this last visit, if you’re sensitive you may just be able to really«feel» the spirit energy believed to exist here.
Andy J.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Orlando, FL
This cemetery is one of the stops on most St. Augustine ghost tours and is a great place to take photos. It is so sad to read on the headstones how young people died before the advent of modern medicine. Tolomato Cemetery in St. Augustine is the oldest extant planned cemetery in the State of Florida, with burials starting during the First Spanish Period(1565 – 1763). The cemetery was larger than its current size, and burials extend under what is now Cordova Street. In essence, Tolomato Cemetery is like a visible archaeological dig into St Augustine times and events through the people that participated in them and are buried at the cemetery. You will find not only those people who were important in official terms, but the many founders and members of families that are still the bedrock of St Augustine. The cemetery is fenced off and access is restricted. However. on the third Saturday of each month the gates are opened to the public.
