The Coral Castle

In Homestead from Florida was built the well known Coral Castle which is one of the strangest man-made structures, comparable to the complex of Stonehenge, ancient Greek temples and Egyptian pyramids.

This Amazing building was conceived, designed and made by one man, Edward Leedskalnin, a Lithuanian immigrant. It seems that he discovered the secrets of the pyramids and levitation. The chosen materials for building were incredible. He used huge blocks of coral rocks, some weighing up to 30 tons. The way he managed to move them still remains wrapped in a total mystery, considering that he could not call at that time, to the aid of modern machinery.

To build the walls and the towers, there were used around 1,000 tons of coral rocks, another 100 tonnes being used for the confection of furnishing and many other art objects. The obelisk weighs 28 tonnes. The wall surrounding the Coral Castle measures about 3 feet height and is made of huge stone blocks which weigh, each, several tons. Battlements are posted on the 6 feet high walls. The heaviest block weighs 35 tonnes. Some of the pieces of stone are twice heavier than the blocks used in the Great Pyramid of Gizeh’s construction.

Edward Leedskalnin went even further with the imagination and he even thought to decorate the castle garden with sculptures, tables and chairs, all made of coral. It even exists, in the bottom called “sanctuary”, a 30-tonne obelisk, 12 m high, and a mini solar observatory, all of stone, of course. The only closed complex structure, the tower, stayed locked during the Leedskalnin’s life. In the bedroom, he placed two beds for children, a swing, a table and a chair. In the whole building there are no facilities, no pipes or cables.
Working alone for 20 years, between 1920 and 1940, to build the house that he called  the Stone Gate Park, Leedskalnin actioned so that after he was being abandoned by his fiancee because he was poor and old.
This sentimental failure turned Edward into a withdrawn individual, totally dedicated to the creation of a great thing, to embody his love. Therefore, the Coral Castle is rightly compared with another temple of love, Taj Mahal, only the latter was built in more than 20 years by thousands of slaves, while this amazing complex in Florida is the work of an only man.