Lawang Sewu: Beauty Behind The Mystical Arts - Semarang, Central Java

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Vacant buildings and tens or even hundreds of years old, tend to leave the mythical stories and haunted. Usually stories, history and condition of the building as the originator of awesomeness and mystical atmosphere in the building. Indonesia itself are considered to have a lot of old buildings that mystical yet historic and worth visiting. One is Lawang Sewu in Semarang, Central Java, which is the building of the Nederlands-Indische peningggalan Spoorweg Maatschappij or NIS. Built in 1904 was completed in 1907 and serves as an office. Located in Tugu Muda roundabout formerly called Wilhelmina Plein.

Lawang Sewu in Indonesian means "a thousand doors". The fact is no two-story building has a thousand doors. This building has a lot of high and wide windows on both wings, so people often think of it as the doors. In the building itself there are several rooms spread over two floors.

According to historical records, the old building was once the site of a bloody battle between youth AMKA (Young Generation Railways) against Kempeitai and Kidobutai Japan. This battle known as the Battle of Five Days in

Semarang which took place on 14-19 October 1945. Because of this historical value, then the government makes Lawang Sewu Semarang city as ancient buildings that should be protected.

Currently, the building was occasionally used as a page of a big show, and according to the news will never be used as a hotel. Because the location is haunted, film maker make this building as a shooting location with the same title and the theme of a horror movie.

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When entering into the room, you should familiarize yourself with the conditions of the room is dimly lit and stuffy and perhaps this is one of the factors that make the atmosphere in the room was tense. Apart from the ambience mystical, this building is very artistic and beautiful. You can see the colorful stained glass accents unique works of art are remarkable. Of all the rooms in the building, the only one that can be opened. The room is a room that is believed to function as a working space formerly high-ranking officials Netherlands. Can be seen from the existing facilities such as bathrooms that blend with the room and a balcony overlooking the Tugu Muda.

According to the testimony of some of the visitors, they had witnessed a strange figure appeared. If you are big balls and want to prove it, you can come over at 23:00 pm because Watcher Lawang Sewu (guide) is ready to receive you for 24 hours.