Lawang Sewu, Semarang
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Said as one of the most beautiful buildings in semarang, this lawang sewu or in english known as thousand doors has a long history. Used as headquarter of railway company; Nederlandsch Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij.
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With the architects Jacob Klinkhamer and Bj Gueendag, the function changed into kantor jawatan kereta api indonesia [now known as Pt Kereta Api Indonesia] after second aggression of the Dutch. then became military headquater of military district of central java.
During second world war, in 5 days battle of semarang or in a heroic way we're indonesian proudly address it as pertempuran lima hari di Semarang, this building became a basecamp of angkatan muda kereta api in the fighting against japanese kempetai and kido.
This building had underground prisons, underground tunnels, a legend told someone can be confused to find the way out after pass the entrance of lawang sewu. since so many doors there in similar shape.
