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    What was the Amber Room, and where might it be today?

    Question #116497. Asked by star_gazer. (Aug 04 10 9:42 AM)


    BaronBatty

    		The Amber Room (English sometimes Amber Chamber, Russian: Янтарная комната Yantarnaya komnata, German: Bernsteinzimmer) in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg is a complete chamber decoration of amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors. Due to its singular beauty, it was sometimes dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World".

    The Amber Room was looted during World War II by Nazi Germany and brought to Königsberg. Knowledge of its whereabouts was lost in the chaos at the end of the war.

    In 1979 efforts began to rebuild the Amber room at Tsarskoye Selo. In 2003, after decades of work by Russian craftsmen, the reconstructed Amber Room was inaugurated in the Catherine Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Room

    Aug 04 10, 12:43 PM
    star_gazer

    		It was gorgeous to behold.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Oldamberroom.jpg

    Aug 04 10, 3:36 PM

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