Old City of Semarang area an area in Semarang which there are many old buildings the Dutch colonial heritage that until now still exist. Age-old building is more than a century and some have two and a half centuries. Historic old buildings that become tourist attraction of the city of Semarang.
Some of the old buildings and the historic and still used them are Lawang Sewu.
Lawang Sewu, Semarang is a Dutch heritage building built in 1904. Lawang Sewu is derived from the Javanese word which means door Thousand. (Lawang = door, Sewu = thousand). So called because of the large number of existing doors and also the size of the large windows that resembles the door. However the actual number does not reach a thousand.
MOSQUE OF Kauman Semarang
Kauman great mosque Semarang named Masjid Agung Semarang Formerly It can be seen at the gates of the mosque and written on the front facade of the mosque. Posts with Arabic script is quite great, but the more people know this mosque as the Great Mosque of Semarang Kauman. great Mosque of Semarang Kauman founded in the early 16th century by Kiai Ageng Pandanaran. More
Photos of a big mosque Kauman Semarang
Church Blenduk The name of this church is actually a GPIB Geraja Emanual. More than 200 years old and used "tetenger" (Landmark) Semarang. Located at Jalan Lt Gen. Suprapto no.32. Named Blenduk church because the top 2 towers and a great dome. The dome in Javanese means Blenduk. The building was started up in 1753, is used for the Nederlandsche the Indische Kerk church.
This building was repaired again in 1756, 1787, and 1794. In 1894 the building was dismantled as a state now. The architect of this building is the HPA DE WILDE and WWESTMAS. The existence of this church contribute significantly to the development of Christianity in Semarang
Photo Blenduk Church
Post Office Semarang Semarang Post Office is one of the historic buildings in the city of Semarang. Post Office is located at Jalan Pemuda Semarang No. 4 Semarang. The building was built at the time of postal service in Indonesia nearly half a century. Previously, when the postal agencies established by this Tervile JPTheben began operations in 1862, the building was occupied in the Old City, across from the office of the communication services Road Letjend Suprapto, more to the west. The Semarang included in the first three cities in the country that pioneered the postal service. This building was once used as a Post Office and Telegraph, but is now only used by the post office only. In 1979 restoration ever undertaken in this building, and the addition of space at the rear of the building.
Photo of Post Office in Semarang
Semarang Zero Point KM Monument . Being in front of the Post Office in Semarang. Zero kilometer point has existed since the Dutch period is determined by taking the first point on each Post Office of each - each city. So it is not at the zero kilometer Semarang Simpang Lima Square or in Monument Muda
Photos Monument Zero KM Semarang
Big Semarang Tawang station Big Semarang Tawang station began operations on June 1, 1914, was built by the railway company NIS (Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorwegmaatschappij). Big Semarang Tawang station built to replace Tambaksari Station in Semarang that has operated since 1867 but considered inadequate. Semarang Station. Semarang Tawang Station designed JP de Bordes. The grandeur of a tall building with pillars and solid walls. The top of the dome-shaped roof is an architectural style of the period. Square arch forms and ornaments dominate the building. The canopy at the front entrance of the station add to the impression of exclusivity. Although the results seem magnificent design, the direction of the Board of Directors of NIS in The Hague (Netherlands) more emphasis on building functional. While almost the same time, on August 6, 1914, the railway company SCS (Semarang-Cheribon Stoomtram Maatschappij) inaugurated Poncol Semarang Station was designed by architect Henry Maclaine - Pont.
Great photos of Semarang Tawang station
Lighthouse Built in 1884, this lighthouse construction related to the development of Semarang Semarang as a port city by the colonial government for the transport of sugar exports to the world. During the nineteenth century Indonesian Dutch Hidia time was called once ranked second as a producer of the world's sugar. The building of this lighthouse is the only one in Central Java. This lighthouse is located at Tanjung Emas
bridge Mberok
This bridge is the main liaison between streets Youth and Road MPU Tantular, built in 1705. At that time, the location of the Old City which is also called OUDSTADT dibagun pentagon-shaped fort, named Fort VIJHOEK, one of the gates of this fort is the time it Berok Bridge named DEZUIDER PORT.
Later the name was changed into GOUVERNEMENTSBRUG bridge. The name is derived because of its location adjacent to City Hall office, located in Building KeuanganGEDUNG Papak today. A few years later, this bridge was renamed the SOCIETEITSBRUG.
This occurs because standing near the bridge Societeit de Harmonie Arts Building, located on the bank of Eczema today. In 1824 the fort dismantled dindin VIJHOEK, this bridge has an important meaning. In 1910 the bridge was repaired with a given lighting. The last major repairs carried out in 1980. It was named the bridge "skirt" because the natives can not melavalkan word "BURG" which in Dutch means bridge.
There are many old buildings in the historic Old Town area of Semarang such as Lighthouse, Sisters of the Franciscan Order, Export Import Bank Indonesia, PT Djakarta Lloyd, PT Pelni, PT Plantation XV, Indonesian Batik Cooperatives Office,
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