Coral Castles

Coral Castle

Coral Castles

Coral Castle is a very beautiful building, majestic and stunning, the building is located in Homestead, Florida. Beginning of the establishment of this building is when Edward Leedskalnin who was then aged 25 years and was engaged to a 16-year-old girl was shocked when one day before his wedding 16-year-old girl who is canceling their wedding, because he felt heartbroken Edward then decided to stay in America, he spent about 30 years to build this amazing castle. The building is said to be amazing because it is built of stone containing coral and oolite shells fossils and weigh up to several tons, the Castle is very unique and mysterious because it was built by one person is Edward Leedskalnin was born in a small country in Europe: State of Latvia, is that we think the use of logic there can be no one who could unite the rocks by the ton weight without heavy equipment but Edward Leedskalnin said that he had discovered the theory of how the ancient Egyptians, people Asia and Peru people could lift a stone weighing several tons have no heavy equipment. Prior to actually stand in Homestead Castle coral've built a new city in Florida in 1936 moved to the well-known locations in Homestead as it is now time to move Castle according to reports circulating that took three years and did not stop there but Edward continued to build the castle until her death in 1951. Many people assume that this building is the best rock structure ever built in the 20th century and many people equate with Stonehenge. 

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Total area of ​​coral castle is about 4 acres consisting of 1000 tons of rocks that form the walls, towers, carvings and even furniture, to keep them together Edward utilize only heavy rock stacked and do not use any adhesive that is This is surprising from the building when the Florida city was destroyed by hurricane Andrew with the most deadly category is Category 5 buildings are not damaged even rock there is no shift. 

Edward himself lived in the two-story tower has a height of 2.4 meters located in the area of ​​the coral Castle, Edward residential tower is decorated with obelisks, fountains, ponds, statues of astronomical objects up to an telescope made. In addition to building the most amazing towers next is a door that has a weight of 8.2 tonnes which has great balance so that a child could easily open the door, unfortunately with no known cause in 1986, this door can not be in motion as before.