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.
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