The historic building was built in Lawang Sewu Dutch colonial era in Semarang, Central Java, is still majestic and sturdy despite being hundreds of years old.

The historic building was built in Lawang Sewu Dutch colonial era in Semarang, Central Java, is still majestic and sturdy despite being hundreds of years old. The building was located in the city center next to the roundabout Tugu Muda Semarang. The building is known to the public as

Lawang Sewu or Thousand Doors Semarang.

Lawang Sewu holds a lot of history from the time of Dutch colonial rule. Typical Aristekturnya Europe, making it the most beautiful buildings in the city of Semarang. Sewu Lawang is the headquarters of the railway used by the Dutch government, known as the Nederlandsche Indische Spoorweg Maschaappij (NIS). Built in 1904 the building was completed in 1907 so as to save a lot of historical events during the Dutch and Japanese.

This old building was once the site of bloody battles between youths Amka (the Young Railway) against Kempetai and Kidobutai Japan. This battle known as the Battle of Five Days in Semarang which took place on 14 to 19 October 1945. In addition, in the basement of Lawang Sewu has its own story. In the era of Japan, the room was used as a prison and many prisoners, mostly indigenous, who died there.Regardless of the history, Lawang Sewu has amazing architecture. Lawang Sewu means a thousand doors. The nickname was born from the community because of the many doors and large windows. The beauty of the doors and windows are of the make Lawang Sewu looks dashing.

Entering the inside with a ticket for $ 10 thousand, as you go back in time. Long hallways and high ceilings in the two-story building level, a typical sight in it. From the large windows, visible from above the height of Semarang.

Large yard with green grass and big trees, lay in front of the building. This page has also become a place to rest after a weary round Sewu Lawang. One of the unique sights in Sewu Lawang is a large stained glass. Stained glass depicts the emblem of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and the Dutch NIS symbol. Stained glass imported from the Netherlands in the Dutch colonial period. In fact, stained glass is brittle. So can you imagine how difficult it is to bring the architect Lawang Sewu glass directly from the Netherlands.

From the typical European-style buildings, Lawang Sewu also become photographers paradise. Take out your camera and Pose with buildings hundreds of years old. Behind the public opinion called Lawang Sewu a haunted place, the beauty of the style gunan Sewu Lawang is astounding. Hundreds of doors and large windows, garden, and every corner of the building is amazing.