In the grand palace of Catherine I , the bit married adult woman of Peter the Great in addition to Empress of Russian Federation , in that place ane time existed a magnificent golden room adorned from flooring to ceiling amongst precious amber , golden in addition to other semi-precious stones. For close 2 hundred years the Amber Room dazzled visitors to the Catherine Palace close St. Petersburg. But hence the Nazis invaded , in addition to the Amber Room , amongst its vi tons of amber valued betwixt $140–500 ane G one thousand , vanished without a trace.
The Amber Room was originally installed at the Berlin City Palace , the wintertime residence of Frederick I , the outset King of Prussia. The room was designed past times High German baroque sculptor Andreas Schlüter in addition to constructed past times the Danish amber craftsman Gottfried Wolfram , in addition to afterward past times Ernst Schacht in addition to Gottfried Turau from Danzig. When Peter the Great of Russian Federation paid a catch inwards 1716 in addition to showed involvement inwards the Amber Room , King Frederick I's boy Frederick William I , who prized his armed services prowess over his belatedly father’s artistic endeavors , gifted the room to Peter to cement the Prussian-Russian alliance against Sweden.
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