History Lawang Sewu

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I have info about mace sewu located in the city of Semarang.

      What the heck is that mace sewu? sewu mace is a historic building located in the city of Semarang is supposedly the story is the former headquarters of the Dutch colonial era when, with a solid and historic buildings makes mace sewu make icon Semarang city as a destination for foreign tourists to feel AORA within and outside the main building Lawang Sewu in the form of a three storey building with two wings extending to the right and left sections. When visitors enter the main building, they will find a large staircase to the second floor. Among the stairs there is a huge glass shows a picture of two young Dutch women are made of glass. All structures, doors and windows adapt Dutch architectural style. With all the exoticism and beauty Sewu Lawang is one beautiful place to Pre Wedding.

for their beauty and sturdiness of the building often this place as a choice of the Adam and Eve for a pre wedding there with little to no mystical is behind sewu legendary mace.

What is behind of myths?

     The history of this building is not separated from the history of railways in Indonesia because it was built as Het Hoofdkantoor Van de Nederlandsch - Indische Spoorweg Maatscappij (NIS) is the headquarters of the NIS, private railway companies in the East Indies Dutch were the first to build a railway line in Indonesia to connect Semarang with "Vorstenlanden" (Surakarta and Yogyakarta) with his first track Semarang Temanggung Strip in 1867.

Initially administration NIS NIS was held in Semarang Station. The rapid growth of tissue followed by increased demand for work space so it was decided to build administrative offices at the new location. The choice fell on land in the suburbs near the residence of the Resident Indies, at the southern end Bodjongweg Semarang. Directors NOS submit building plans to Prof. Jacob F Klinkhamer and B.J Ouendag, architect of Amsterdam Netherlands.

Pambangunan implementation begins February 27, 1904 and was completed 1907. The soil on the road should be improved prior to the excavation depth of 4 meters and replaced by a layer of volcanic. The first building is done is a guard house and building printing, followed by the main building. Having used a few years, the expansion of the office held by creating an additional building in 1916-1918.

In 1873 the first railroad in the Indies completed. The road was built by Nederlandsch Indische Spoorweg maatschappij (NIS), a private company which got the concession from the colonial government to connect the fertile agricultural areas in Central Java city of Semarang port (Durrant, 1972). The station in Semarang that was in Tambaksari not far from the harbor.

At the turn of the 20th century NIS build a large new station station. In 1914 the station Tambaksari replaced by Tawang Station. Earlier in 1908 also completed a new NIS headquarters, the building was located just down the road Bodjong, in Wilhelmina Plein opposite the governor's residence.

NIS's new headquarters is a large building 2 floors shaped "L" designed by J.F Klinkhamer and Ouendag in the Renaissance Revival style (Sudrajat, 1991). He said the construction of the head office of NIS in Semarang is typically 2 decades of the early 20th century when it was introduced ethical politics, when it "... Emerging needs were large enough for building public buildings and housing, as a result of the expansion of the colonies, the decentralization of the colonial administration and the growth of private business" ,

Semarang resident gave him the name "Lawang Sewu" (a thousand doors), refer to the door the door very much, yan gmerupakan architects attempt to build a modern office building in accordance with a tropical climate Semarang. All the building materials were imported from Europe except brick, natural stone and teak.

At the same time the Young Generation Train (AMKA) tries to take the train, fighting broke out between youths and Japanese soldiers, dozens of youths killed in this building, 5 of them are buried in the yard (but in 1975 their bodies were moved to Taman Makam Pahlawan ). Lawang Sewu standing in front of a monument to commemorate those who died in the Battle of Five Days.

Shortly after independence Lawang Sewu used Office Railway Company, then the military took over the building, but now have returned to the hands of PT KAI.

well, therefore the community menyebunya with mace sewu (thousand doors).

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