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LAWANG SEWU

Lawang Sewu means "Thousand Doors".

Semarang residents call it that because the

building has doors and large window doors that

resemble a very large number. This building was

designed by Dutch architect JF C. Citroen of

Firma Klinkhamer and B.J. Quendag in 1903 and

was completed in 1907. This building was

originally used for offices Spoorweg Nederlands-

Indische Maatschappij or NIS, the Dutch railway

company.

The front of this historic building decorated by
the twin towers and gothic models are divided into

two parts, extending rearward impressive solid,
big and beautiful. Lawang Sewu architectural art

deco style is characterized by a growing
exclusively in the era of 1850-1940 in continental

Europe. After Japan took over the Dutch in

Indonesia in 1942, the basement of this building

which was formerly a sewer in the "magic" into

the dungeon at once sewer water. The house is

also a silent witness to a fierce battle between the

people of Indonesia to the Japanese army known

as the Battle of Five Days in Semarang (October

14, 1945 - October 19, 1945). To commemorate

the historic event, a few years later, the

government built a stele in the courtyard