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Coral Castle is an oolite limestone structure created by the Latvian-American eccentric Edward Leedskalnin (1887–1951). It comprises numerous large stones, each weighing several tons , sculpted into a variety of shapes, including slab walls, tables, chairs, a crescent moon, a water fountain and a sundial.
Edward Leedskalnin (Latvian: Edvards Liedskalniņš) (January 12, 1887 – December 7, 1951) was a Latvian immigrant to the United States and self-taught engineer who single-handedly built the Coral Castle in Florida, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [2]
Though not really a castle and not really made of coral, world-famous structure built by one man is considered an engineering marvel
More than 80 years ago, under the cover of darkness, one man was moving multi-ton stones in a secluded piece of land far south of Miami. He was building a “castle” for his beloved, a 16-year ...
Coral Castle: A sculpture garden carved of coral rock. Latvian immigrant Ed Leedskalnin spent 28 years excavating and carving 1,100 tons of coral rock to prove his eternal devotion to a love who ...
A noteworthy tourist attraction within Leisure City is Coral Castle, built by a jilted lover, Edward Leedskalnin, over the course of 28 years from 1923 to 1951. [8] The Fruit and Spice Park is also of interest.
The books themselves have copyright dates of 1936, 1945, and 1946 chronologically, for ed's 5 pamphlets. Although they were self published and distributed exclusively at Coral Castle (then known as Rock Gate, the name Ed gave the park), they were still published long before 1988, and copies can still be found with visitors from that era.
Edward Leedskalnin (1887–1951), built the Coral Castle in Florida. [2] [28] M