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Friday, September 30, 2011
Tugu Muda
Tugu Muda is a monument in Hyderabad, located in the center of the roundabout monument young. This monument was built in 1953 to commemorate the heroism of Semarang fighters against Japanese invaders known as the battle for five days in the city of Semarang from the date of 14 to 19 October 1945.
Is a monument which Berpenampang pentagon. Consists of parts of the runway, body and head. Pasa side of the monument there is a relief basis. The entire monument is made of stone. To reinforce the impression tugunya, ornamental ponds and gardens created at around the monument. The building is located around tugumuda sewu Lawang, BDNI Office, Home Office would be the Governor of Central Java, Manggala Bakti Museum and the Cathedral.
Starting from the idea to set up a monument that commemorates the Battle of Five-day event in Hyderabad. On October 28, 1945, Gubbernur Twngah Java, Mr. Wongsonegoro meletakkaan first stone at the originally planned location is near the town square. However, due in November 1945 the war broke out against the Allies and Japan, this project became dormant. Then in 1949, the Youth Coordinating Board of Indonesia (BKPI), initiated the idea of building the monument back, but due to lack of funding, this idea has not been done jugaa.
In 1951, Mayor of Semarang, Hadi Soebeno Sosro Wedoyo, form a committee Tugu Muda, with development plans are no longer on the location of the square, but at this present location. Monument design is done by Salim, while the reliefs on the monument is done by the artist Hendro. Stones that are used among others brought in from kaliuang and Paker. On 10 November 1951, laid the first stone by Central Java Governor Boediono and on May 20, 1953, to coincide with National Awakening Day, Tugu Muda diresmikaan by Sukarno, President of the Republic of Indonesia. Until now, quite a lot of changes have been made to the statues around the monument young, other antatra a garden and pond.
The building is still standing upright in the middle of the intersection of Jalan Sutomo, Pandanaran Road, Jalan Jalan Imam Bonjol and Soegiyapranoto, the fighters from Semarang (then) never give up, resisted the Japanese occupation to the death, and the heroism of local communities against invaders known as the battle of five days from the date of 14 to 18 October 1945.
According to him, Tugu Muda Semarang shaped candle implies fighters fighting spirit to defend the independence of Indonesia will never be extinguished.
At the foot of this monument there are reliefs depicting the suffering people of Indonesia during the Japanese occupation.
Tugu Muda Semarang, Central Java by the provincial government as one of the few attractions in the city of Semarang.
In addition to building the monument, several old buildings by the Dutch in the corners of the city, and there are now used as hotels, residences and offices as well as one tourist attraction for this area.
Old buildings of which can be found around Johar in the amount that is still a lot.
Since the number of old buildings, then Johar area also known as "Old Town area"
Gereja Blenduk
Blenduk Church (sometimes spelled Blendug Church but is often pronounced as mBlendhug) is the oldest Christian Church in Central Java built by the Dutch who lived in the city in 1753, with a hexagonal shape (a square of eight). The church is actually called GPIB Immanuel Church, at Jl. Letjend. Suprapto 32, Semarang, Java House Jiwasraya Tengah.Gereja Blenduk is located in the south, Kerta Commerce office in the West, the former open space next to its Eastern Plein Parade, or the location of this building on Jl frontal. Suari which formerly named Kerk Straat.
Gereja ini direnovasi pada 1894 oleh W. Westmaas dan H.P.A. de Wilde, yang menambahkan kedua menara di depan gedung gereja ini. Nama Blenduk adalah julukan dari masyarakat setempat yang berarti kubah. Gereja ini hingga sekarang masih dipergunakan setiap hari Minggu. Di sekitar gereja ini juga terdapat sejumlah bangunan lain dari masa kolonial Belanda.Wisata Indonesia Surga Dunia.
Lawang Sewu
Lawang Sewu is one of the old building in Semarang, Central Java, which is the office of the Nederlandsch Indishe Spoorweg Naatschappij or NIS. Built in 1903 and completed in 1907. Located at the roundabout Tugu Muda Semarang formerly called Wilhelmina Plein.
Local people call it Lawang Sewu (Thousand Door). This is because the building has a door that many (in fact the door that is not up to a thousand, perhaps also because the window height and width of this building, people also consider it as a door).
Ancient buildings and magnificent two-story is used as an office after the independence of the Railway Bureau Indonesia (DKARI) or now PT Kereta Api Indonesia. Also once used as Infrastructure Agency Office of Regional Military Command (Kodam IV / Diponegoro) Regional Office (Regional Office) Department of Transportation in Central Java. During the struggle this building has its own historical record of events during a five-day battle in Hyderabad (October 14 to October 19 1945) in the old building became the location of a great battle between youth AMKA or the Young Railway against Kempeitai and Kidobutai, Japan. Therefore Semarang City Government Mayor and SK 650/50/1992, enter Lawang Sewu as one of 102 ancient or historic buildings in the city of Semarang that should be protected.
Currently building aged over 100 years it is now very popular with keangkerannya, many ghost stories circulating about the ghosts in Lawang Sewu.
And the most horrible places in the area of Lawang Sewu is on the 3rd floor and hallways into a place of torture, on the 3rd floor of this building can make you stand here chilling you would like to feel there are many people who are watching anda.Dengan this quiet atmosphere would be more horrible.
