Couple walking through the side gates of Catherine the Greats Palace

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Couple walking through the sidegates of Catherine the Great s Palace in Tsarskoye Selo outside St Petersburg King Friederich Wilhelm I of Prussia presented the Amber Room panels to Peter the Great in 1717 and they were displayed in this palace until 1941 when German troops looted it and moved it to Konigsberg After a quarter century of intricate restoration of carvings and inlaid designs the Amber room will be unveiled to the world leaders during celebrations of the 300th anniversary of St Petersburg and the end of May 2003

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Size: 3556px × 5416px
Location: Russia
Photo credit: © Juliet  Butler / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: 1717, buildings, catherine, couple, gates, gift, great, legend, palace, peter, petersburg, selo, side, st, trophy, tsarskoye