Amber Room

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baroque interior cultural heritage object lost artwork

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Amber Room (in Catherine Palace) 1
Catherine Palace Amber Room 1

Statements (52)

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 Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
countryWartimeLocation East Prussia ⓘ
craftedBy Ernst Schacht ⓘ
Gottfried Turau NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 in Tsarskoye Selo ⓘ
surface form: 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 St. Petersburg ⓘ
surface form: Saint Petersburg
lootedBy Wehrmacht ⓘ
surface form: German forces
materialUsed amber ⓘ
gold leaf ⓘ
mirrors ⓘ
nicknamed Eighth Wonder of the World ⓘ
originalLocation Berlin City Palace ⓘ
reconstructionCompleted 2003 ⓘ
reconstructionFundedBy German sponsors ⓘ
Government of the Russian Federation ⓘ
surface form: Russian government
reconstructionLocation Catherine Palace ⓘ
surface form: Catherine Palace, Pushkin
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Amber Room (in Catherine Palace)
Tsarskoye Selo → knownFor → Amber Room ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catherine Palace Amber Room