cathedral
Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood
An elaborately decorated Russian Orthodox church in St. Petersburg featuring over 7,500 square meters of mosaics.
25 km · about 30 min drive
St.-Petersburg, Russia · Europe
Pushkin is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Pavlovsk, 33km from Peterhof Palace.
Pushkin is a town located in St.-Petersburg, Russia. With a population of 92,889, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Pushkin sits in Russia. It's in the Europe/Moscow time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Pushkin to your route.
The Amber Room (Russian: Янтарная комната, romanized: Yantarnaya Komnata, German: Bernsteinzimmer) was a chamber decorated in amber panels backed with gold leaf and mirrors, located in the Catherine Palace of Tsarskoye Selo near Saint Petersburg.
Constructed in the 18th century in Prussia, the room was dismantled andRead more
eventually disappeared during World War II. Before its loss, it was considered an "Eighth Wonder of the World". A reconstruction was made, starting in 1979 and completed and installed in the Catherine Palace in 2003.
The Amber Room was intended in 1701 for the Charlottenburg Palace, in Berlin, Prussia, but was eventually installed at the Berlin City Palace. It was designed by German baroque sculptor Andreas Schlüter and Danish amber craftsman Gottfried Wolfram. Schlüter and Wolfram worked on the room until 1707, when work was continued by amber masters Gottfried Turau and Ernst Schacht from Danzig (Gdańsk).
It remained in Berlin until 1716, when it was given by the Prussian King Frederick William I to his ally Tsar Peter the Great of the Russian Empire. In Russia, the room was installed in the Catherine Palace. After expansion and several renovations, it covered more than 55 square metres (590 ft2) and contained over 6 tonnes (13,000 lb) of amber.
The Amber Room was looted during World War II by the Army Group North of Nazi Germany, and taken to Königsberg for reconstruction and display. Some time in early 1944, with Allied forces closing in on Germany, the room was disassembled and crated for storage in the Castle basement. Königsberg was destroyed by Allied bombers in August 1944 and documentation of the room location ends there. Its eventual fate and current whereabouts, if it survives, remain a mystery. In 1979, the decision was taken to create a reconstructed Amber Room at the Catherine Palace in Pushkin. After decades of work by Russian craftsmen and donations from Germany, it was completed and inaugurated in 2003.
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Pushkin is located in St.-Petersburg, Russia, Europe. The coordinates are 59.7142 latitude, 30.3964 longitude.
Pushkin has a population of approximately 92,889 people, making it a town in Russia.
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cathedral
An elaborately decorated Russian Orthodox church in St. Petersburg featuring over 7,500 square meters of mosaics.
25 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Vast square before the Winter Palace in St Petersburg dominated by a 47-metre granite column, the city's central gathering place.
25 km · about 30 min drive
museum
One of the world's largest and oldest museums, housed in the opulent Winter Palace with over three million artworks.
26 km · about 30 min drive
castle
A series of palaces and gardens near Saint Petersburg, often referred to as the Russian Versailles for its opulent fountains and gilded statues.
33 km · about 40 min drive
May to September
Far northern latitude: short daylight hours outside summer make long drives harder.
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