Coral Castle, Florida, USA.

The builder of this monument was Edward Leedskalpin a native Latvian who came from Europe at the beginning of the 20th Century into the New World. When he was 26-year old he felt in love to a girl which was10 years younger than he. One day before their planned wedding his bride left him. This deep disappointment did not let him go and he started to build a monument for his lost love - the Coral Castle.

The Coral Castle is a large sculpture which is built in the form of a castle under the stars. The motifs for this sculpture are borrowed from the astronomy and the center piece of this monument is a table in the shape of a heart in memory of his beloved bride.

The Coral Castle which was constructed from 1920 to 1940 was designed from 1100 tons coral rock. The design and the construction of these sculptures are a masterpiece if you take in consideration that the builder was from small stature and very slender. He created these monuments with his own hand without any big machine or other employees. His knowledge of the mason craft and experience as a lumberjack showed him the solution for this big project.

Originally the Coral Castle was located in Florida City south of Miami. As Leedskalpin felt disturbed in his work by the course of road in 1936 he moved 10 km further south to Homestead. Because he was afraid of curious people he made the moving mostly at night with a tractor without any help from others. He needed 3 years for this moving.

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