In the northwestern part of today's Kaliningrad there is a small town called Svetrogorsk, which is not found on a map of this scale, and produces the world's best amber. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Moreover, the huge amber mine produces 3.5 tons of amber per day, and accounts for more than 90% of the world's total amber production every year!

The raw materials of the "Amber Palace" also came from that small town, and few people remember what the name of that place was during the Prussian period, but what can be known is that the "Amber Palace" uses the best and largest pieces of amber produced in it!

Crafted and finely carved, the "Amber Palace" is not simply pasted with amber gravel on the four walls and ceiling panels, but all the wall panels are decorated with beautiful amber paintings carefully created by top craftsmen, supplemented by expensive diamonds and various gemstones, and dazzling silver foil stitching at a high price, to build this "Tianzi No. 1 Jewelry Box"!

A few bodyguards would carry out a large, heavy amber siding and prepare to repack it and carry it away - amber is a little heavier than water, the lightest jewel in the world, but it is too large to be light.

The board has an inlaid edge covered with gold leaf on one side, giving it the impression of typical Tsarist Russia.

I have just packed two golden pillar bases, and they are completely Russian style: others don't feel much, but Guan Xingquan and Xiang Weirong have been to the Soviet Union, and they feel more and more that this thing is full of the typical Russian flavor of gold.

It's not like the German style at all!

"This is made by the Germans?"

Guan Xingquan couldn't help but ask: It doesn't look like it looks left and right!

Zhang Nan was looking at a newly opened small wooden box, which was full of jewels wrapped separately. Hearing Guan Xingquan's question, he said, "Amber Palace?"

"Well, I think it's like the smell of the Russian court, not a bit of Germany. ”

German flavor, probably rigorous and old-fashioned?

This is probably the prejudice of Boss Guan.

Zhang Nan put down a cardboard box in his hand and said, "Because the Russians have rebuilt the Amber Palace many times, and then it has become this smell."

Originally, it was only 55 square meters, but now with several Russian designs, the Amber Palace demolished by the Germans is estimated to be more than 200 square meters. ”

"That's up to 60 squares. ”

Guan Xingquan is very calculating, and he can't be mistaken: is this just a small part?

Zhang Nan smiled and said, "The Germans will also take the sheep by the hand, and there are not only these amber siding in that house, but also a large number of mirrors and paintings." ”

As he spoke, he nodded around, "There is not a single painting here, and it is impossible to tear down the pillars and gilded walls connected to those houses, this amber palace is a remodeled ......."

After the Tsar Peter settled in the Amber Palace in Russia, he felt that he could make it more splendid, so he ordered the Russian architect Rasteleri to expand and renovate the Amber Palace, and finally not only enriched the interior of the Amber Palace, but also installed mirrors in the house.

With more than 500 candles lit at night, the entire Amber Palace is a beautiful dreamland!

By the time of the reign of Empress Catherine, the powerful Tsarina was still not satisfied, and in 1743 the Amber Palace was renovated again, with gold-filled wood carvings, mirrors, and mosaics made of agate and jasper.

Moreover, amber is not a diamond, its nature is unstable, and after a long time in Russia, the Amber Palace naturally encountered preservation problems.

St. Petersburg has a high latitude, and the temperature varies greatly throughout the year, so you need to warm up your room in winter, otherwise you will freeze to death!

It's minus thirty or forty degrees, and if you don't want to find a way to keep warm, it's not a joke.

Moreover, there are often rapid winds between the palace complexes, strong winds and large temperature differences every year, which affect the fading of various ornaments and artworks in the Amber Palace to varying degrees, and the opening and falling off of the gum occur from time to time.

In order to maintain the status of the Amber Palace, Tsarist Russia carried out major renovations in 1833, 1865, 1893-1897, and the Soviet government carried out several major renovations between 1933 and 1935.

The largest Soviet renovation of the Amber Palace took place in 1941, the year the Soviet-German war broke out.

“...... After so many repairs, it has long become a treasure with Russian characteristics.

Otherwise, after this thing disappears, the Russians will not be so crazy, and it is estimated that even the Germans will not think that the Amber Palace is still a German-style thing. ”

Prussia built the original Amber Palace, and the Russians perfected it.

These in this box are actually the most essential part of the Amber Palace, and those matching decorations are not available here at all. Those who can't be dismantled are still in the Soviet Union, and God knows where those that can be dismantled are.

Maybe it was destroyed in the war, or maybe it was hidden by a collector...... Anything is possible. Zhang Nan only knew that the German government later found two small chests and an oil painting that originally belonged to the Amber Palace, which were returned to Russia around 2000.

These were all hidden by German officers when the Germans occupied Catherine Palace, and were not packed and shipped to East Prussia, and only appeared after the merger of the two Germanys.

The holder wanted to sell it for some money, but it was immediately confiscated by the German government, and then returned to Russia not long after.

If he hadn't "moved" the flowers, the paintings would eventually have been seized by the German government and temporarily detained by the German government, and it is not clear that any of the paintings would have been returned to the descendants of the original owners.

Because that's a private person: for the state, the general "private" is just a little ant, not even an ant, who will bird you!

But Mao Zi is different, although Russia is not the Soviet Union, the 2000 meeting has long been no longer comparable to the former red empire. But emaciated camels are bigger than horses, and this is the energy of the state.

That's why this "Amber Palace" made Zhang Nan feel a headache: for this thing, Mao Zi doesn't have to reason with you at all!

If Zhang Nan wants to rebuild and restore its splendor and brilliance in 1941, even if he can do it openly, it is estimated that he will have to spend tens of millions of dollars to restore its final appearance before it was demolished: the price of the famous paintings to be matched is not counted!

Of course, if Zhang Nan does that, regardless of the risks, there is no shortage of famous paintings that need to be matched, who says that he even has Repin's paintings, it is estimated that no collector in the world will have so many Western famous paintings in his hands!

Just think about it, you can't make it happen.