Presidio

The Goliad presidio in Texas.

The Terrenate presidio in Arizona.

The San Diego presidio in California.

A Presidio is a fortified base established by the Spanish and Mexicans in North America between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries. The fortress' were built to protect against pirates, hostile native Americans and European colonists. Other presidios were held by Spain in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in Italy and on Elba.

Mediterranean

Italy:

• Piombino
• Orbetello
• Talamone
• Porto Ercole
• Porto Stefano

Elba:

• Porto Longone

United States

Florida:

• The Presidio Santa Maria de Galve, founded in 1696, near Fort Barrancas at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.

Louisiana:

• The Presidio Nuestra Señora del Pilar de los Adaes, founded in 1721 near the present day Robeline, Louisiana.

Texas:

• The Presidio Fuerte de Santa Cruz del Cibolo, founded in 1771 in Bexar Country, Texas. Between san antonio and Goliad.
• The Presidio San Antonio de Bexar, founded in 1718 in San Antonio, Texas.
• The Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto, founded in 1721, near Lavaca Bay in Goliad, Texas.
• The Presidio of San Carlos de Cerro Gordo, founded in 1772 in Big Bend Country, Texas.
• The Presidio San Luis de las Amarillas San Saba, founded in 1772 near the present day Menard, Texas.
• The Presidio de la Junta de los Ríos Norte y Conchos, founded in 1760 in Presidio, Texas.

New Mexico:

• The Presidio Santa Cruz de la Cañada, in Santa Cruz, New Mexico.
• The Presidio El Paso del Norte, founded in the 1683 New Mexico, across the river from El Paso, Texas and later moved south in 1773.

Arizona:

• The Presidio San Ignacio de Tubac, founded in 1752 in Tubac, Arizona.
• The Presidio San Agustin de Tucson, founded in 1775 in Tucson, Arizona.
• The Presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate, founded in 1776 near the present day Tombstone, Arizona.

California:

• The Presidio Real de San Carlos de Monterey, founded in 1770 and currently housing the Defense Language Institute, in Monterey, California.
• The Presidio Real de San Diego, founded in 1769 in San Diego, California.
• The Presidio Real de San Francisco, founded in 1776 and now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco, California.
• The Presidio Real de Santa Bárbara, founded in 1782 in Santa Barbara, California.
• The Presidio de Sonoma, founded in 1836 in Sonoma, California.

Mexico

Sonora:

• The Presidio de San Felipe y Santiago de Janos, founded in 1685 in Janos, Sonora.
• The Presidio Santa Gertrudis del Altar, founded in 1755 in Altar, Sonora.
• The Presidio de Fronteras, founded in 1692, near the Sonora/Arizona border and later moved to Fronteras, Sonora.

Chihuahua:

• The Presidio de Nuestra Señora de las Caldas de Guajoquilla, founded in 1752 in Jiménez, Chihuahua.

Coahuila:

• The Presidio del Santísimo Sacramento del Valle de Santa Rosa, founded in 1780 in Melcho Muzquiz, Coahuila.
• The Presidio San Juan Bautista del Río Grande, founded around 1703 in San Juan Bautista, now the present day Guerrero, Coahuila.
• The Presidio San Antonio Bucareli de la Babia, founded in 1773 in the present day La Babia, Coahuila.
• The Presidio San Gregorio de Cerralvo, founded in 1626 in Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

Other Uses

The word can also be used for the following:

• Presidio, Texas, a place in the State of Texas in the United States of America.
• Presidio School of Management, an educational institution offering an MBA focused on sustainability.
• The Presidio (film), a movie starring Sean Connery, Meg Ryan, and Mark Harmon, set around the Presidio of San Francisco.
• AMD Presidio a computing platform developed by Advanced Micro Devices.

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