Kamis, 20 Januari 2011

sejarah lawang sewu

Sewu Lawang is a building in Semarang, Central Java, which is the office of the Nederlands-Indische Maatschappij Spoorweg or NIS. Built in 1904 and completed in 1907. Located at the roundabout Tugu Muda formerly called Wilhelmina Plein. Local people call it Lawang Sewu (Thousand Doors.) This is because the building has a door that very much. In fact, the door is not up to a thousand. This building has many windows height and width, so that people often regard it as a door. Ancient buildings and magnificent two-story after independence used as offices Repoeblik Railway Departmental Agency of Indonesia (DKARI) or now PT Kereta Api Indonesia. In addition, once used as the Office of National Infrastructures Regional Military Command (Kodam IV / Diponegoro) and Regional Office (Regional Office), Ministry of Communications of Central Java. During the struggle of this building has its own historical record of events during a five-day battle in Hyderabad (October 14 to October 19 1945). This old building became the location of a great battle between youth Amka or the Young Generation Railway against Kempetai and Kidobutai, Japan. Therefore Semarang City Government Decree No. mayor. 650/50/1992, embodying Lawang Sewu as one of 102 ancient or historic buildings in the city of Semarang, which should be protected. Today the old building empty and its reputation as a haunted buildings and spooky. Occasionally used as a place of exhibition, of which Hyderabad Tourism Expo and Expo. Once there was also a discourse that want to turn it into a hotel. In 2007, this building was also used for movie of the same building. 


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