Coral Castle


A structure, having a central building plus surrounding walls and whatnot, plus various extras, and so resembling a castle, built from coral rock.

The blocks weigh up to several tonnes. The entire thing was built, over the space of 20 years, by one man, Edward Leedskalnin, apparently using only simple home-made hand tools. At one point, he moved the whole thing ten miles.

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But nobody can prove it either way.

Even if it was option (iii), it's still a remarkable feat of determination and grit. And a hell of a tourist attraction --TL


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