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{{Infobox_park | park = Plaza Ferdinand VII
|image=PlazaFerdinandFisheye1.jpg
|caption=
| type = Historic site
| size = 1.6 acres
| location = [[Palafox Street]], between [[Government Street|Government]] and [[Zaragossa Street]]s
| opened = 1815
| mapcode = <googlemap lat="30.408839" lon="-87.213968" zoom="1716" width="300288" height="300200" overview="no">30.408839, -87.213968, Plaza Ferdinand VII</googlemap>
}}
The land on which the park sits was originally awarded by the Spanish throne to Don [[Don Manuel Gonzalez]] for his service. Gonzalez later donated the land to the City of Pensacola.
==Historical significance==
The cession of Florida to the United States from Spain occurred at the Plaza on [[July 17]], [[1821]]. General [[Andrew Jackson]] made a public speech to townspeople, informing them that the land was now the Florida Territory, and that Pensacola would be its capital. General Jackson was later sworn in as first Territorial Governor in the plaza. A bust of Jackson now stands at the spot where he was inaugurated.
The Plaza was listed for consideration on the National Register of Historic Places in [[1960]], achieving the status of Historic Place in [[1966]]. Archaeologists, in [[2002]], discovered evidence of British structures previously not known to have existed in that area. Portions have been excavated and are on display as part of the [[Colonial Archaeological Trail]].
==Other images==
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Image:PlazaFerdinand1920.jpg|Plaza Ferdinand VII circa 1920
Image:Bustofandrewjackson.jpg|Bust of [[Andrew Jackson]] on the south end of the plaza
Image:PlazaFerdinandVII.jpg|The fountain and park seen from [[Gregory Street]]
Image:Wmdudleychipleyobelisk.jpg|The Chipley obelisk from the front
Image:Chipleyobeliskbase.jpg|Base of the Chipley obelisk