It was last seen in königsberg then a baltic port city in germany but now the russian enclave of.
Amber room in germany.
German researchers believe they have found the legendary amber room thought to be most valuable piece of art stolen by the nazis during the second world war.
In early 1945 some believe the room s contents were destroyed during the allied bombings of the area.
The amber room was constructed in prussia and then given to tsar peter the great of russia in 1716 as a present.
1 of 42 this 1917 image is the only existing color photo of the amber room of catherine palace near st.
Reuters reports that the germans dismantled the room and took it to koenigsberg.
Others say crates were placed in a submarine to convey it to safety but the sub was attacked and sank.
Or most disturbing of all amber room hunter and former german soldier georg stein who in 1987 was murdered in a bavarian forest.
At the time it was called koenigsberg and considered part of germany.
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Ever since the 1940s treasure hunters have been searching poland and germany for the amber room.
The amber room russian.
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.
Decorated with amber and gold the room was part of the catherine palace near st petersburg.
The amber room was a gift from friedrich wilhelm i of prussia to peter the great in 1716 it was made up of six tonnes of amber resin and took 10 years to completei.
The amber and gold artifacts taken from the room were last seen in the russian baltic port city of kaliningrad four years later.
Constructed in the 18th century in prussia the room was dismantled and eventually disappeared during world war ii.