Музей Янтаря. Достопримечательности Калининграда. #87

Tours of Kaliningrad and the Kaliningrad Region 8-90-22-50-44-08 https://vk.com/padonak39 Hello everyone. In this review, I'll tell you about the pearl of Kaliningrad, the Amber Museum, the Donna Tower, where it's located, the Wrangel Tower, and the Rossgarten Gate. In the center of Kaliningrad, on the picturesque shore of Lake Verkhnee, stands a historic fortification—the Donna Tower. The structure, which forms a single architectural complex with the Rossgarten Gate, was erected in 1853 and named after Field Marshal Karl Friedrich Emilius Dona Schlobiten, a member of an ancient noble family (known since the twelfth century), who fought in the Napoleonic Wars as part of the Russo-German Legion. The Dona Tower was designed by architects Engineer-Captain Irfugelbrecht and Engineer-Lieutenant von Heil. Construction of the tower was supervised by the Chief of the Engineering Corps, Ernst Ludwig von Aster. The Dona Tower embodied the idea of ​​the French fortification engineer M.R. Montalembert to create a more powerful defensive structure by incorporating multi-tiered niches for artillery pieces. The tower, circular in plan, has a diameter of 34 meters and a height of 12 meters. The structure consists of two above-ground floors and one underground (basement). The tower's outer walls are up to two meters thick. Like the Wrangel Tower, which mirrors the Dona Tower, it has an enclosed inner courtyard (guardhouse), and special fortification bricks, manufactured using a multi-fired method, were used in its construction. In April 1945, during the assault on Königsberg, the garrison stationed in the Dona Tower was the last to surrender, thus marking the end of the assault on the fortress city. On April 10, by order of Marshal A.M. Vasilevsky, the Victory Banner was raised on the Dona Tower. Since December 1974, the Dona Tower fortification has been designated a federal cultural heritage site and is protected by the state. Today, the historic Dona Tower houses Russia's only Amber Museum, featuring unique exhibits, one of which weighs approximately five kilograms and is considered the largest amber in Russia. Next to the tower stands another historical landmark of ancient Königsberg—the Rossgarten Gate, which has preserved all its elements to this day. The Amber Museum was established in Kaliningrad because the largest deposit of the Baltic amber, containing over 90% of the world's total, is located nearby in the village of Yantarny. The restoration of the historical and architectural complex began in 1969 and lasted for ten years. The first phase of the Amber Museum opened on December 29, 1979, as a branch of the Kaliningrad Regional Museum of History and Art. The period from 1979 to 1984 can be considered the museum's period of growth. The Amber Museum became one of the city's most visited tourist destinations, with annual visitor numbers reaching 400,000, including through tourism organized in the former Soviet Union. The museum was the only institution representing the region's most unique asset: the Kaliningrad Amber Combine was located in an area closed to out-of-town visitors. During this period, an exhibition from the museum's collection traveled throughout Russia, including Siberia and the Far East, and visited Sweden, Japan, and the bordering Polish voivodeships of Elbląg and Olsztyn.[7] In the 1980s, staff traveled to Latvia, where they reviewed extensive material from artists' studios and acquired a collection of works by Latvian artists.[8] The Rossgarten Gate (German: Roßgärter Tor) is one of the seven surviving city gates of Kaliningrad. It is located at the intersection of Chernyakhovsky and Alexander Nevsky Streets, next to Vasilevsky Square and the Amber Museum. The current gate building stands on the site of a gate of the same name, part of the city's first rampart fortification. The gate building that survives today was built between 1852 and 1855 according to the designs of Engineer-Hauptmann and Director of Fortress Construction Irfugelbrecht and Engineer-Lieutenant von Heil in Königsberg. The first design for the gate was developed in 1852 by the Königsberg Fortress Office. This design was significantly revised by Privy Councilor Stüler. Stüler himself designed the façade, giving it distinctly Gothic forms. The gate has only one passageway, four meters wide. Three casemates are located on each side of the passageway. Thus, the gate's façade consists of seven openings. On the city side, the casemates have windows, while on the exterior, they have embrasures. Music: Legacy of Kain_ Soul Reaver - Rahab's Clan Sights of Kaliningrad. Amber Museum. Episode 87.    • Музей Янтаря. Достопримечательности Калини...