LAWANG SEWU, SEMARANG HERITAGE

LAWANG SEWU, SEMARANG HERITAGE

  10:50 PM    ABHISEKATOUR

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Lawang Sewu. Lawang Sewu is the most popular tourism site at Semarang, Indonesia and become Semarang icon. Lawang Sewu is headquarters building of the first railway company in Indonesia with previous name "Spoorweg Nederlandsch Indische Maatschappij (NIS)". The word Lawang Sewu from Javanese language "lawang" = door and "sewu"= thousand, this words means a lot in old Javanese. 

Lawang Sewu, Semarang heritage

Lawang Sewu. Many people came to Lawang Sewu to see the magnificent building, that stood more than 100 years ago. Here you can see also the photo's of railway situation in Java earlier of 1.900 AD, railway materials, old library, etc. Visit Lawang Sewu semarang, you can imagine how great that building still exist untill present time.

Lawang Sewu

Lawang Sewu built at 1904 AD, most of the building materials were imported from Europe. The first architect who designed draft the Lawang Sewu building was P.de Rieu and continuing by Prof Jakob F Klinkhamer and BJ Ouendag. Lawang Sewu has 3 main building consisting of two building connecting by bridges and one building for ticket printing. The first building was a house keeper's house and printing house, and building expanded with new building 1n 1916 - 1918 AD.

Lawang Sewu, Semarang

Lawang Sewu as the NIS administration building was decorated with various ornaments of famous Dutch artists and craftsmen. The wheel in one of the windows depicts the triumph of the railways in the future. The windows also depicted the flora, fauna, and the figures of Javanese batik and symbols of the beauty of nature and local culture.

Semarang driver guide from Abhisekatour branch Semarang will do happy to take you Semarang tours, also visit to Lawangsewu a great Semarang heritage building. Semarang driver guide will inform you, explain to you whatever you asked to during tour.