Presidio

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A Presidio was a type of fortress built by the Spanish in North Africa during the 16th century to protect against pirates. Presidios were located in the southern United States as well:

• The Presidio Santa Maria de Galve, founded in 1696, was near Fort Barrancas at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida
• The Presidio of Goliad, founded in 1721, near Lavaca Bay in Texas.
• The Presidio of Monterey, a military facility, founded in 1770 and currently housing the Defense Language Institute, in Monterey, California
• The Presidio of San Diego, founded in 1769 in San Diego, California

• The Presidio of San Francisco, a former military facility, founded in 1776 and now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco, California
• The Presidio of Santa Barbara, a former military facility, founded in 1782 in Santa Barbara, California
• The Presidio of Sonoma, or Sonoma Barracks, established in 1836 by Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo (the "Commandante-General of the Northern Frontier of Alta California") in Sonoma, California as a part of Mexico's strategy to halt Russian incursions into the region.
• The Presidio San Ignacio de Tubac was founded in June of 1752 in Tubac, Arizona
• The Presidio San Augustín de Tucson was founded in 1775 in Tucson, Arizona
• The Presidio Santa Cruz de Terrenate was founded in 1776 near Tombstone, Arizona

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 Technology is a Trusted Computing platform developed by Advanced Micro Devices