琥珀屋是一座通体由琥珀和名贵珠宝装饰而成的、极端奢华的建筑，曾在18—20世纪一度被称作“世界第八大奇迹”。第二次世界大战结束后离奇失踪。
The Amber(琥珀) Room
King Frederick Ⅰ，the Prussian King，once received a piece of amber furniture as a wedding gift.He got to like amber art and came up with the idea of having a unique amber artwork created for himself.In 1701 he ordered the artists to create a big Amber Room which took them over ten years.
When Frederick died，his son Frederick William Ⅰ came into power，who compared to his father was not an art lover.He created an army double the size of his father's，getting the nickname ( 绰号) “Soldier King”．When he visited Peter the Great in 1716，he was reminded that Peter had great interest in the Amber Room.Soon，Peter informed his wife in a letter that he had received an amber artwork as a gift.
The original Amber Room had 12 wall pieces，each of which was 13 feet tall，resulting in a total height of 16 feet.The room in the Winter Palace in Tsarskoje Selo was much larger.It measured 33 feet by 33 feet equaling 196 feet total wall length.Later，Catherine Ⅱ and her team added some other pieces to the room and she chose it as her favorite room.
The Amber Room existed in this final form from 1763 until 1941 and only a few people had the pleasure to be able to see it.The entire decoration (装饰) of the Amber Room left a very warm impression on the visitors，no matter if it was under sunlight or artificial light.Most likely the Amber Room reminded one of marble (大理石)，but without the cold impression of marble.When the daylight was shining through the wide windows，it replaced hundreds of lighting candles and created thousands of reflections in the mirrors.This light made the multi-colored amber walls shine more beautiful than gold and created a deeply lasting impression never forgotten by any visitor.
