Amber Room

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The Amber Room was an opulent chamber decorated with amber panels, gold leaf, and mirrors, originally created in Prussia and later installed in Russia, renowned as a "lost treasure" after its mysterious disappearance during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baroque interior
cultural heritage object
lost artwork
area about 55 square meters
commemoratedBy replica Amber Room in Catherine Palace
commissionedBy Frederick I of Prussia
constructionEnd c. 1709
constructionStart 1701
countryLocatedIn Russian Empire
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Prussia
linked to: Prussia
countryWartimeLocation East Prussia
craftedBy Ernst Schacht
Gottfried Turau
Gottfried Wolfram
decorativeTechnique amber mosaic
designedBy Andreas Schlüter
designedInPeriod early 18th century
disappearance mysteriously lost near the end of World War II
finalPreWarLocation Catherine Palace, Tsarskoye Selo
giftedBy Frederick William I of Prussia
giftedTo Peter the Great
heritageSignificance symbol of cultural losses of World War II
historicalEvent looted by Nazi Germany during World War II
influenced reconstruction projects in Catherine Palace
locatedIn Tsarskoye Selo
locatedNear Saint Petersburg
linked to: St. Petersburg
lootedBy German forces
linked to: Wehrmacht
materialUsed amber
gold leaf
mirrors
nicknamed Eighth Wonder of the World
originalLocation Berlin City Palace
reconstructionCompleted 2003
reconstructionFundedBy German sponsors
Russian government
reconstructionLocation Catherine Palace, Pushkin
linked to: Catherine Palace
reconstructionStart 1979
relocatedTo Catherine Palace
Winter Palace
removedFrom Catherine Palace
renownedFor intricate gilded carvings
opulent amber wall panels
status as a lost treasure
status missing
presumed destroyed or hidden
style Baroque
subjectOf historical investigations
numerous treasure hunts
transportedTo Königsberg Castle
wartimeLocation Königsberg
yearGifted 1716
yearLooted 1941

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Pushkin, Saint Petersburg hasAttraction Amber Room (in Catherine Palace)
linked to: Amber Room
Tsarskoye Selo knownFor Catherine Palace Amber Room
linked to: Amber Room
Catherine Palace notableFeature Amber Room
Andreas Schlüter notableWork Amber Room (early design work)
linked to: Amber Room
Tsar's Village hasFamousRoom Amber Room
Gottfried Wolfram notableWork Amber Room
Ernst Schacht notableWork Amber Room