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04-02-2003, 12:31 PM
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The Catherine Palace and the Amber Room
Hunt on for Tsars' Amber Room
ALLAN HALL IN BERLIN
CRAFTED entirely out of amber, gold and precious stones, it was a masterpiece of baroque art and widely regarded as the world’s most important art treasure.
When its 565 candles were lit, the famous Amber Room was said to glow a fiery gold......
Article From: The Scotsman
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04-23-2003, 11:01 PM
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Amber room is glowing again after Nazi pillaging
By Ben Aris in St Petersburg
(Filed: 19/04/2003)
After 25 years of painstaking work St Petersburg's Amber room, once hailed as an eighth wonder of the world and destroyed in the Second World War, has been recreated......
Article From: news.telegraph.co.uk
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04-23-2003, 11:11 PM
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Thanks for the articles, Jacqueline. Quite interesting and it would be fabulous to see the Amber Room. Sounds exquisite and gorgeous.
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05-20-2003, 11:45 AM
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Peter the Great's amber room reborn
Russia has announced that work to recreate one of its greatest art treasures, Peter the Great's Amber Room, has been completed just weeks before the city of his name celebrates its 300th anniversary.
Culture Minister Mikhail Shvydkoi said that work to rebuild the Amber Room at Tsarskoye Selo, just outside....
Article and Photo From: BBC News
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05-28-2003, 04:14 PM
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02-20-2008, 08:47 AM
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The Amber Room
This is interesting, it looks like the Amber Room may have been found.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/liv...n_page_id=1811
I hope I am putting this in the right place. 
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02-20-2008, 09:33 AM
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It is very interesting--thank you for posting the article! How exciting that this amazing room may have finally been found.
Here are some links:
Amber Room - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (I know some don't like to see Wikipedia put here, but this gives some good, basic information and history)
Amber Room Picture Show link with pictures--including the only known color pic
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02-20-2008, 10:30 AM
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Very interesting that a lost piece of history may have been found :)
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02-20-2008, 10:52 AM
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Steve Berry wrote a great mystery novel (fiction of course) about the Amber Room. I really enjoyed the book. Wouldn't you love to see it?
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02-20-2008, 12:52 PM
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Not sure what the law is there. Is it finders-keepers?
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02-20-2008, 03:25 PM
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02-20-2008, 10:38 PM
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It would be like being Howard Carter!
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02-21-2008, 07:06 PM
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They work Lex! Lovely!
Doesn't Tsarskoe Selo mean Tsar's village? How many dacha's are located in this "village"?
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02-21-2008, 10:05 PM
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Yes, that is what it means. Wouldn't you love to go see the place Russo? More than 100 kilos of gold were used to gild the facade.
Check out this site: http://www.alexanderpalace.org/2006tsarskoe/palace.html
Can you imagine the characters in your book sipping Merlot in that ball room?
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08-02-2008, 04:19 PM
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Dr.Ivan Petrovich Sautov,Director of the Tsarskoe Selo Museums suddenly passed away - aged 60 - on august 1st.
An unique personality passed away,one that was instrumental,ao,in the restauration of the Catharine Palace and it's wonderfull Amber Room.
Announcement courtesy dear ChristineM,a dear friend of the late Dr.Sautov and Mrs.Sautova.
RIP
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08-02-2008, 06:17 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lexi4
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Awesome! Thank you, Lexi, what an impressive place. Wish I can see it one day with my own eyes  
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08-02-2008, 09:50 PM
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I am hoping to see it next year when I go to Russia.
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