THERE A SONG WRITTEN ABOUT CORAL CASTLE BY BILLY IDOL CALLED "SWEET SIXTEEN". I live in Louisiana and started researching the songs meaning and it led me to Ed's love and Coral Castle. I have so many unanswered questions. This man builds a castle in his lifetime --I have to rethink what I'm wasting my time on
Why's is it always perpetuated that he did everything alone when I have newspaper articles and family photos of uncles and aunt bob and Bessie Biggers featured with Ed with the headline that they helped ? Just wondering
We had a very good experience while we where there our tourguide was the best (Patricia) I would really recommend going to the coral castle ,because its a fun experience and you can get lots of cool items at the gift shop
I was born Jan 1, 1932 and we lived in Homestead. Coral Castle was then South of Homestead at Florida City. The family would go often as it only costs 5 cents. I use to talk to Ed. I remember him coming up steps from his living space in a cellar He would show me around. I remember phoning Mr. Bullard when he was writing his book but did not receive a reply. In the 80's a man from Homestead was shopping in our drugstore & I asked him if he had seen & he replied "I moved it up Chrome Avenue on my flat bed trucks" I went to see the new location after the hurricane< Andrew. As a child I could move the entry door easily. TILL the NEXT TIME John
hello well after a very difficult time trying to get information about how to get to this place by public transport (when we rang the castle nobody knew what bus number nothing) AND EVERYONE IN MIAMI TOUR INFO PLACES HOTEL SAID TOO FAR OUT - WE FINALLY MADE IT BY USING OUR OWN BRAINS.....glad we did it was amazing I am not sure why there isn't even 1 tour a week from Miami
so if you are thinking about going just perserveer like us
Members of my family and I visited the Coral Castle for the first time this past Friday. Not really knowing what to expect, we were blown away with what we learned and saw. 'Amazing' and 'unbelievable' don't even begin to describe the experience. Our visit was the talk of the weekend. We wonder, after the pain of heartbreak Ed endured, did he live everyday as a fantasy of what might have been? Truly an incredible site! We will be back!
Whoever told you that Ed had help or let people know how he built coral castle, knows nothing about the history of Coral Castle or the secrets that Ed leaves clues for throughout his masterpiece. Ed worked alone. Yes, there is equipment, but nobody else knows how to use it. Ed was a genius, but brawn??? Come on, he was 5 feet tall and weighed 100 pounds, so you really don't know what you are talking about. It's unfortunate that people who don't know the true history of Coral Castle may read uneducated comments and never realize how amazing Ed's work is.
I visited Rock Gate Coral Castle way back in the 1980s, when I had no idea who Ed Leedskalnin was or that he had built an amazing structure using techniques of the ancients. AND he was a Latvian-American like me. However, after doing research I discovered that Leedskalnin was not born in Riga (the capital city of Latvia); Leedskalnin was born 186 kilometers (115.58 miles) away in Stameriena parish. There are other facts that don't sound correct - like Scuffs is not a Latvian name... where did this information come from? What about all the tunnels and rooms under the castle... explored yet?
coral castle is a great piece of art work ...in its class... best in the USA...however... to say no one ever saw him building his creation is not true...and to indicate that he used some mystical power is not true... at one time there was a number of ...hoist, wenches, tripods and other machines...on the premises... that he used to construct his coral castle..LETS GIVE THIS MAN CREDIT FOR HIS BRAINS AND BRAWN AND CREATIVITY...
Hi! I`m from Latvia. It`s amazing how he was building the Coral Castle. He left Latvia, because there was 1 World War.
