Lawang Sewu Semarang

This building was called the Lawang Sewu (the one thousand doors) because of having many doors by the bow - the impressive bow the cavity, that met facade this building.
In a complex manner the Lawang Sewu consisted the bag of two main building mass.
That on the side west have the shape of "L" with the meeting foot him appeared before Tugumuda, and that was next east was the linear alongside from the west to the east. All the buildings had two storeys. The corner of the meeting foot "L" was the area of the entrance that was pressed by two towers that in his upper part formed copula octagonal and be covered the turret.

The building Lawang Sewu was drafted by the architect C.Citroen from the J.F. Klinkhamer Firm and B.J. Quendag at the beginning of this age during NIS, the first railway company in Java.
Before independence, this building faced Wilhelmina's Garden that had the playing place of music. In front previously passed by the Semarang rails of the city tram, the Bulu - Jomblang route .

Lawang Sewu was built in 27 August, 1903 in the heart of Semarang City, Central Java, Indonesia.
The place is famous for the Thousand Doors and windows and the fascinating stained glass windows representing the Dutch Symbolism of the places like The Hague and Rotterdam and also the Royal family. The building has numerous long winding corridors which open out to the offices on one side of the office and the other end of the building on the other hand. It is a famous landmark in the region of Semarang and a pride for Java. The place was actually built as the main colonial office for the Dutch and was then taken over by the Japanese government. This place was important because it was the main military hub for the Indonesians and was used for giving shelter to the soldiers and army men here. The place was often considered to be haunted place as many truly and sincerely believed that the place was inhabited by spirits and ghosts and thus many people used to feel scared to visit the place fearing the obvious. However later the place was converted in to a heritage site and many came to visit the place during their holidays or vacations while coming to visit the Semarang. There are other places also which deserve mention but Lawang Sewu stands out among the rest.

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