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Lawang Sewu (Sewu Gate)

In the post from wikipedia.org Sewu gate is a building in Semarang, Central Java, which is the office of the Nederlands-Indische Maatschappij or NIS Spoorweg। Built in 1903 and completed in the year 1907. Located at the roundabout Tugu Muda who first called Wilhelmina Plein. The local community called Lawang Sewu (Thousand Gate). This is because the building has a door that many (in fact the door is not up to a thousand, perhaps also because the building is high and wide, people are also considered as a door). Ancient buildings and magnificent floor two after independence this is used as office Jawatan Kereta Api Indonesia (DKARI) or it is PT Kereta Api Indonesia. In addition, once used as an Office Board Komando Regional Military Facility (Kodam IV / Diponegoro) and the Office of the (office of) the Department of Transportation in Central Java. During the struggle of this building has a distinctive history record that is when the events took place five days Activists in Sema