USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A presidio is a Spanish military fort built between the 1500s and 1800s in the dangerous areas of the Spanish Empire. There is no single form of presidio, and most were built with local materials and designed for local dangers.

Detailed explanation-2: -The government of New Spain settled the northern borderlands of Mexico and present-day Texas with missions, frontier communities, and presidios. Presidios were colonial frontier military settlements intended to secure and defend Spain’s claim to territories occupied by indigenous populations.

Detailed explanation-3: –ˈzi-plural presidios. : a garrisoned place. especially : a military post or fortified settlement in areas currently or originally under Spanish control.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Presidio Nuestra Señora de Loreto de la Bahía, known more commonly as Presidio La Bahía, or simply La Bahía is a fort constructed by the Spanish Army that became the nucleus of the modern-day city of Goliad, Texas, United States. The current location dates to 1747.