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<< Other Photo Pages >> Coral Castle - Modern Stone Circle etc in United States in The South

Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 11 May 2010  Page Views: 11258

Modern SitesSite Name: Coral Castle
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 49.181 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The South Type: Modern Stone Circle etc
Nearest Town: Homestead
Latitude: 25.500500N  Longitude: 80.444385W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
5 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
2

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Michelledubois visited on 1st Aug 2010 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5 This place is simply amazing. To think that one made single handedly built these structures by himself is simply mind boggling. Every year I visit family in Florida, we always visit Coral Castle. August of 2010 was my last visit. No matter what your age - everyone from 2 years old up to 100 years old will really enjoy this place

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Coral Castle submitted by bat400 : Coral Castle Coral Castle was interesting, but didn't hold as much magic or mystery about it as other folk environments I've seen. Ed Leedskalnin created it in response to rejection from his true love, whom he refers to as "Sweet Sixteen," and who was ten years his junior. I couldn't help feeling that she'd made the right move. Image copyright: tackyjulie, hosted on Flickr and displayed under the... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Modern Megalithic structure in The South. Coral Castle is a stone structure created by the Latvian American eccentric Edward Leedskalnin north of the city of Homestead, Florida in Miami-Dade County at the intersection of U.S. 1 (South Dixie Highway) and Southwest 157th Ave. The structure comprises numerous megalithic stones (mostly limestone formed from coral), each weighing several tons. It currently serves as a privately-operated tourist attraction.

According to the Coral Castle's own promotional material, Edward Leedskalnin was jilted by his 16-year-old fiancée Agnes Scuffs in Latvia, just one day before the wedding. Leaving for America, he came down with allegedly terminal tuberculosis, but spontaneously healed, stating that magnets had some effect on his disease.

Edward spent over 28 years building the Coral Castle, refusing to allow anyone to view him while he worked. A few teenagers claimed to have witnessed his work, reporting that he had caused the blocks of coral to move like hydrogen balloons. The only tool that Leedskalnin spoke of using was a "perpetual motion holder."

Leedskalnin originally built the castle, which he named Rock Gate Park, in Florida City, Florida around 1923. He purchased the land from Ruben Moser whose wife helped assist him when he had a very bad bout with tuberculosis. Florida City, which borders the Everglades, is the southernmost city in the United States that is not on an island. It was an extremely remote location with very little development at the time. The castle remained in Florida City until about 1936 when Leedskalnin decided to move and take the castle with him. He spent three years moving the Coral Castle structures 10 miles (16 km) north from Florida City to its current location in Homestead, Florida.

Leedskalnin continued to work on the castle up until his death in 1951. The coral pieces that are part of the newer castle, not among those transported from the original location, were quarried on the property only a few feet away from the southern wall.

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Re: Coral Castle video, Part 1 by Anonymous on Monday, 27 June 2022
https://www.livescience.com/41075-coral-castle.html
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Re: Coral Castle video, Part 1 by Runemage on Tuesday, 11 May 2010
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Coral Castle has been discussed a lot of times in the Mysteries Forum.
My favourite explanations of the man and his achievements and the clues he left behind are in this series of six short videos by Subspace4D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8Yx_eknlqk&feature=related

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Coral Castle video, Part 1 by Andy B on Tuesday, 11 May 2010
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A documentary about the creator of Coral castle who claims to have had the information of how the pyramids where made



The remaining parts are on YouTube
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