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This building is located in the temple complex of Buddhist Gaya Watugong which has a high artistic value. The 39 metre temple was built in 2005 and was precisely located in front of Makodam IV/Diponegoro Semarang. There is the statue of Dewi Welas Asih from the second to the sixth floor of this seven story building.

However at least 20 Kwan Im statues were put in this Pagoda. The fitting of Dewi Welas Asih is adapted to the points of the compass direction. It means that Dewi always spreads her love and could protect Semarang from all directions.

The building has a very high artistic architecture and is one of the Semarang’s places pride. Because, at this time visitors of the temple Buddhist Gaya are not only Buddhist followers, but also other religious followers. So, it is very suitable to be considered as a religious tour.

Klenteng Gedung Batu Sam Poo Kong is well known as the place of the first stop-in of a China admiral Zheng He / Cheng Ho. He was an admiral who crossed the entire ocean of the world with the most crewman, before Vasco da Gama went to India and before Christopher Colombus found the American continent.

Formerly western people considered the story about Cheng Ho was a myth or a fictive story, but as the time goes by the ship rudder 42 m? was found under river Yangtze, Nanjing. Klenteng Gedung Batu Sam Poo Kong itself is located at Simongan area at the northwest point of Semarang.

Klenteng Sam Poo Kong can be said to be a unique place. The reason being because klenteng is a place of worship for Buddhism. But in fact, the visitors are not only from those of Tri Dharma followers, but also from other religions, such as Islam, Christian, Catholic and other religious followers. It can be said that this is manifestation forming the base nature of the Indonesian people who like to live harmoniously and to be tolerant.

The Semarang Tawang station is the main station in the Semarang City. The trains server executive, business, and economy classes. This station is the oldest and was once the biggest railway station in Indonesia and was declared on July 19 1868 for the route of Semarang Tawang to Tanggung.

In 1873 the route was extended to the station Solo Balapan and continued to the Lempuyangan station in Yogyakarta. Not many changes were carried out on this station especially to the front and it is until this day still in good condition. The field that was in front of the Tawang station is now a water feature which also had a historical value because of its wide open area from the old city that was a functional place used for ceremony, sports matches and so forth.

In the past there was a visual connection between the station and the Blenduk Protestant Church. Therefore the role of this station is very important to this region and could increase the value of this region. If we see the aspect of the city landscape, the Tawang station provides the quality and the potential for open space ini this region.

Hello there, let’s talk about Gereja Blenduk that located at Semarang (Indonesia). Gereja Blenduk has an unusual and interesting structure which is different from other churches in Indonesia. The original name of this church is Immanuel, located at the old town center. The location of this building is in front of Suari street that used to be Kerk street (Gereja Street). This church is the oldest church in Central Java built by the Dutch in 1753.

Its dome is big abd covered by bronze. Inside is the original full sized organ Barok. The architecture is based on the Greek cross. Then it was renovated by W. Westmaas and H. P. A. de Wilde, who added two minarets in front of the building. The name Blenduk was given by the local people and had a meaning of “dome”. Originally this church was renovated several times.

At the beginning this church was built in 1753, having the shape like a raised Javanese house. This can ben seen on Semarang map in 1756 that showed mass configuration that is now different. In 1787 the Javanese style house was totally renovated. Seven years later it was renovated in 1894 that is with two minarets and a dome roof. The explanation about Wilde and Wetmas is written behind the pulpit.

Lawang Sewu, a huge building located at Tugu Muda Semarang (Indonesia) boundary is a Javanese term meaning a thousand doors. While hearing Lawang Sewu, what is it your mind? It is surely not far from the thought of a building with a thousand doors.

Really? I myself have not counted the doors yet. It is because there are some areas that are prohibited to be entered by the public. This is to protect the visitors on the ground that Lawang Sewu is a place that is suspected to be haunted.

Therefore, those who do not know anything about mystics are prohibited to enter these certain areas. Semarang people already familiar with Lawang Sewu, an old inheritance building built by two Dutch architects, Prof Jacob F.Klinkhamer and B.J Queendag, in 1903.

It has been a very long time since Lawang Sewu has been occupied and therefore has been neglected. So, in addition to its many doors, Lawang Sewu is also familiar with the predicate of a place that can be used by anyone who wants to test his/her gall, especially with ghosts.

Believe it or not, it depends on how we see it. As a reference, this has indeed been proved by some people; one of them is by national private Television that succeeded in taking picture of ghost appearance. Lawang Sewu is actually a nice and unique place; the building is very sturdy although it is more than one century in age. The local government of Semarang recently held some exhibitions at Lawang Sewu, e.g. furniture, handicraft, literature, food and clothes festival.