LAWANG SEWU BUILDING

PRESENTED BY:

Name : Ike
Saputri

ETYMOLOGY

The name Lawang Sewu is

from Javanese; it means
"Thousand Doors". The name
comes from its design, with
numerous doors and arcs.
The building has about 600
large windows.

L AY

OUT

The complex consists of several

buildings, two main ones named A and B
and two smaller ones named C and D.
The A building faces the Tugu Muda
roundabout. The building features large
stained-glass windows and a grand
staircase in the center.

 The

B building is located
behind A building. The
building, with high, large
windows, also has a
basement floor that is
kept partially flooded to
serve to cool the building
through evaporation.

H I S T O RY

Lawang Sewu was designed by Cosman

Citroen, from the firm of J.F. Klinkhamer
and B.J. Quendag.
Construction began in 1904 with A
building, which was completed in 1907.
The rest of the complex was finished in
1919.
After the Japanese invaded Indonesia in
1942, the Japanese army took over
Lawang Sewu.

The basement of B building was

turned into a prison, with
several executions taking place
there.
After the war, the
Indonesian army took over the
complex. It was later returned to
the national railway company.
In 1992 it was declared a
Cultural Property of Indonesia

The building soon underwent

renovations to ensure that it would
be profitable as a tourist attraction.
On 5 July 2011 the newly renovated
complex was inaugurated by First
Lady Ani Yudhoyono
Future plans include transforming
Building B into office space, a food
court, and even a gym.
At the time, Lawang Sewu attracted an
average of 1,000 visitors daily

Haunted
The basement of B building, said
to be haunted by a kuntilanak
Lawang Sewu is said to be
haunted, with many tourists
visiting to see the ghosts.
Among the ghosts reported to
inhabit the establishment are a
Dutchwoman who committed
suicide inside and "headless
ghouls".

In 2007, a horror film entitled

Lawang Sewu: Dendam Kuntilanak
(Lawang Sewu: Kuntilanak's
Vengeance) was released based on
the legend.
It told the story of a group of high
school students from Jakarta who
were trapped in Lawang Sewu after
several had to urinate and featured
ghosts of a Dutchwoman, a man with
a ball and chain wrapped around his
leg, and a kuntilanak.

*That is my presentation of

Lawang Sewu. Hopefully

what I have said will be
useful for all of us,
especially for the students
of tourism in the city of
Semarang, Central Java.
Thank you.

Thank you very much

for your kind attention...