- Amber room was created for Prussia's King Friedrich I and given to Russian czar Peter the Great in 1716, it was located at Catherine Palace, near St. Petersburg.
- The Amber Room was never seen again, though reports have occasionally surfaced stating that components of the Amber Room survived the war.
- Of all the rooms in the Charlottenburg Palace, the Amber Room was by far the most impressive, with its amber panels and gold ornamentation.
- About Amber Room: We give you a slight history of the Amber Room, to get to know the place better before you do visit, if you plan to.
- The Amber Room was normal in 1701 for the Charlottenburg Palace, in Berlin, Prussia, yet was at last presented at the Berlin City Palace.
- The whole family of Peter the Great used to be in this palace during their summers and the Amber Room was important part of their European art collection.
- They loot the amber from the Amber Room at Catherine Palace and cart it off to Koenigsberg (now Russia’s Baltic enclave, Kalingrad).
- Today, the Amber Room is a legend, shrouded in mystery, spoken of in whispers by historians, treasure hunters, and archaeologists alike.
- Missing: The pensioner who was guarding a £1billion hoard of Nazi confiscated paintings in his flat claims to know the whereabouts of the Amber Room.
- Considered the “eighth wonder of the world” by many, the Amber Room was an intricately constructed golden-hued masterpiece of contemporary artistry.