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There are many motivations for people to create their own castles , it can be a sudden spiritual inspiration, or a shock from lost love. Photo: @Wkimedia. |
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Latvian boy Ed Leedskalnin is one such case, he was abandoned by his 16-year-old bride the day before the wedding. Photo: @Wkimedia. |
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After his heartbreak, Ed Leedskalnin moved to the US and eventually to Florida, where he began building a massive castle complex symbolizing his lost love. Photo: @coralcastle. |
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Coral Castle, originally called Stone Gate Park by Ed Leedskalnin, is perhaps the most mysterious self-built castle in the world . Photo: @Wikipedia. |
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Born in 1887 to a Latvian stonemason family, Ed Leedskalnin was only 1.5m tall and weighed 45kg but used mysterious skills to move blocks of Oolitic limestone (fossil coral rock) more than 7.6m high and weighing more than 30 tons. Photo: @Florida RV Trade Association. |
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This shows that some of the blocks in Coral Castle are taller than those at Stonehenge, and heavier than the heaviest block in the Great Pyramid of Giza. Photo: @prismic. |
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Coral Castle contains many wonders including a sundial, a stone rocking chair, a 226kg heart-shaped stone table (representing lost love), and a 9-ton gate designed to rotate with just a light touch. Photo: @Ex Utopia. |
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No one knows for sure how Ed Leedskalnin lifted the rocks and fitted them together so seamlessly. Photo: @All That's Interesting. |
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He even created two doors, one weighing 3 tons and the other 9 tons, that can still rotate with a light push, balanced on their center of gravity with small, flexible ball bearings. Photo: @Chic Stylista. |
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Ed Leedskalnin is very secretive, working mostly at night in the castle and adhering to a policy of not letting anyone see his working methods. Photo: @ Chic Stylista. |
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This has led to much speculation that Ed Leedskalnin used some magical or ancient power to move these giant boulders. Photo: @Trip Memos. |
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There are many biographies and conspiracy theories circulating on the internet about this topic. They all have their own ideas: Some say Ed Leedskalnin sang to levitate rocks; or that he received help from aliens; or that he "used magnetism". Photo: @Ex Utopia. |
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However, when strangers asked him how he did it, Leedskalnin said he had discovered "the secret of the pyramids". Photo: @Maps - Apple. |
Dear readers, please watch the video : The mystery of the haunted Edinburgh Castle in England. Video source: @Mystery TV.
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