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A view from within Leedskalnin's Coral Castle.. 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]
Fatio built a two-story house, 30 by 40 feet (9.1 by 12.2 m), at a cost of £800. The plantation also included a house for the overseers, a carriage house, a warehouse, workshops, and a hospital. [3] Among his slaves was Louis Pacheco, who later served as an interpreter among the Black Seminoles. [5] Francis Fatio prospered in British East Florida.
Villa Zorayda, also known as Zorayda Castle, St. Augustine, Florida, built in 1883 for Franklin W. Smith. The Moorish Revival style mansion was built as Smith's winter home. The poured concrete structure features Moorish arches, a crenellated roof-line, and a three-story tower. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2]
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Though not really a castle and not really made of coral, world-famous structure built by one man is considered an engineering marvel
Since the Pyramids, Xanadu is the costliest monument a man has built to himself. The estate also boasts a championship golf course and a Venetian-style canal with gondolas. The extensive zoo and aquarium were stocked with a menagerie of animals including monkeys, horses, giraffes, birds, octopuses, elephants and donkeys. The estate is enclosed ...
The Castle of Argol (French: Au château d'Argol) is a 1938 novel by the French writer Julien Gracq. The narrative is set at a castle in Brittany , where a man has invited a friend, who also has brought a young woman.