![]() ![]() It remained in Berlin until 1716, when it was given by the Prussian King Frederick William I to his ally Tsar Peter the Great of the Russian Empire. Schlüter and Wolfram worked on the room until 1707, when work was continued by amber masters Gottfried Turau and Ernst Schacht from Danzig (Gdańsk). It was designed by German baroque sculptor Andreas Schlüter and Danish amber craftsman Gottfried Wolfram. The Amber Room was intended in 1701 for the Charlottenburg Palace, in Berlin, Prussia, but was eventually installed at the Berlin City Palace. ![]() ![]() A reconstruction was made, starting in 1979 and completed and installed in the Catherine Palace in 2003. Before its loss, it was considered an " Eighth Wonder of the World". Yantarnaya Komnata, German: Bernsteinzimmer, Polish: Bursztynowa komnata) was a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg.Ĭonstructed in the 18th century in Prussia, the room was dismantled and eventually disappeared during World War II. ![]()
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