This castle is often equated with the engineering genius of Stonehenge and the great Egyptian pyramids. How could one person build it alone? A question that still excites people's minds …
Background. How it all began
You will not believe it, but a Latvian emigrant by the name of Edward Ledskalnik erected this architectural miracle, whose weight was only 45 kilograms and a height and a half meters.
He worked alone for almost three decades …
The construction of the Coral Castle was preceded by a story of unhappy love and a broken heart.
Edward's 16-year-old sweetheart broke off the engagement right on the eve of the upcoming wedding.
A dejected groom fell into despair. He fled to America and after endless wanderings settled in Florida, where he began the construction of a stone masterpiece.
He wanted to prove to her and the whole world that he could do something fundamental, despite his poverty.
Construction
By profession, he was a mason. Worked exclusively at night. He had a little oddity — he forbade anyone to watch his work.
If it suddenly happened that someone curious still penetrated the territory of the castle, he immediately stopped the whole process and silently looked at the unexpected guest … until he left home.
An outstanding builder was withdrawn and unsociable, communicated only with a narrow circle of people.
After 30 years, when he was asked the question - how did he manage to build such an engineering miracle alone, Edward answered without undue modesty:
"I discovered the secrets of the pyramids and learned how the Egyptians and ancient builders in Peru, Yucatan and Asia, using only primitive tools, lifted and put in place stone blocks weighing several tons!"
He explained that he used the complex theory of magnetic fields in his work.
