Lawang Sewu office

  Lawang Sewu Semarang is an old building in Semarang, Central Java, which is the office of the Nederlands-Indische Maatschappij or NIS Spoorweg. Built in 1904 and completed in 1907. The monument is located on the roundabout that used to be called Wilhelminaplein Young.

   Local people call it Lawang Sewu (Thousand Doors) because the building has a door that very much. In fact, the doors are not up to a thousand. The building has many windows high and wide, so people often think of it as the door (mace).

   Ancient buildings and magnificent two-storey is used as an office after independence Djawatan Repoeblik Indonesia Railways (DKARI) or PT Rail is now Indonesia. In addition once used as the Office of National Infrastructures Regional Military Command (Kodam IV / Diponegoro) Regional Office (Regional Office) Ministry of Transportation Central Java. At the time of the struggle of this building has its own history that is when the battle took place five days of events in Hyderabad (14 October to 19 October 1945). This old building became the location of a great battle between youth AMKA or the Young Railway against Kempetai and Kidobutai, Japan. Thus the Semarang City Government by Decree No. mayor. 650/50/1992, Lawang Sewu included as one of 102 ancient or historic buildings in the city of Semarang that should be protected.
Currently the old building has undergone a phase of conservation and revitalization undertaken by the Conservation Unit PT objects and historic buildings Railway Corporation.

Blenduk Church

Blenduk Church, at 32 Letjen Suprapto Street in the old town of Semarang,Central java, is located in a small courtyard between former office buildings.The Jiwasraya building is located to the south, across the street, while the Kerta Niaga offices are to its west.
The octagonal church, built on a stone foundation and with single-layer brick walls, has its ground floor at street level.It is topped by a large, copper-skinned dome, from which it gets its common name; the Javanese word mblenduk means dome. The dome is supported by 32 steel beams, 8 large and 24 small^. Two towers, square at the base and slowly rounding until topped with a small dome, are located on either side of the main entrance, while a comice consisting of horizontal lines runs around the building; Roman-style porticoes covered in saddle-shaped roofs are located on its eastern, southern and western faces. Blenduk also features etched and stained glass windows, as well as wood-panel double doors at the south-facing entrance.
The wooden pews inside Blenduk have rattan seats, while the pulpit is completely made of wood and located on an octagonal platform made of teak.A nonfunctional Baroque pipe organ from the 1700s is also located inside.The floor is covered in black, yellow, and white tiles. In the northern part of the interior is a spiral staircase, etched with name of its manufacturer, Pletterij den haag (Rolling Mill, The Hague), which leads to the second floor. wikipedia.org