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| lawang sewu semarang city |
Lawang sewu is a
tourist place full of history that is in Semarang Central Java is an old
building relic colonial era that still strong in the city of Semarang. Formerly
lawang sewu is used for the railroad office. Named after Lawang Sewu because
this building has many doors and windows forming the wake. Although Lawang Sewu
only has 429 doors and the door leaves more than 1200. Some doors have 2 doors,
some have 4 doors, consisting of 2 swinging doors with hinges and 2 doors
sliding door Shifted
The interesting
thing about this place is a mystical atmosphere that enveloped Lawang Sewu when
you visit the basement of this building. You can feel the sensation when
visiting
In ancient times
Lawang Sewu is a railway in Indonesia since it was built as Het Hoofdkantoor
Van de Nederlandsch - Indische Spoorweg Maatscappij (NIS), the private railway
company in the reign of the Dutch East Indies were the first to build a railway
line in Indonesia that connects Semarang with "Vorstenlanden
"(Surakarta and Yogyakarta), with the Semarang Temanggung route in 1867.
At that time, the
administration of Nederlandsch - Indische Spoorweg Maatscappij (NIS) was held
at Semarang NIS Station. The rapid growth of network followed by the increasing
of work space requirement, so it was decided to build again administration office
in new location. The choice fell on a suburban land near the residence of the
Dutch Indies Resident, located at the southern tip of Bodjongweg Semarang. The
NIS Board of Directors handed over the building's plans to Prof Jacob F
Klinkhamer and B. J Ouendag, architects from Amsterdam Netherlands.
Semarang
residents give the name of this building Lawang Sewu because it refers to the
number of doors very much. It also can not be separated from the efforts of the
architects to build modern office buildings in accordance with the tropical
climate in the city of Semarang. Building materials imported from Europe,
except for bricks, natural stone, and teak. No wonder if there, you will feel
the style of architecture as in the Netherlands
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