Lawang Sewu

Lawang Sewu Building

One of the interesting places you must visit when travelling to the city of Semarang was Building Lawang Sewu. Building colonial Netherlands is situated right in the heart of the city of Semarang, i.e. around Young Monument Roundabout. The shape is very striking with lots of Windows and doors, perhaps because that's what this building was called Lawang Sewu.

The history of building Lawang Sewu is inseparable from the history of-railroad companies in Indonesia, the building was in fact the headquarters of the first private railway company in Indonesia called NIS. This is the first company to build railways in Indonesia, where the first line built was the path that connects the city of Semarang with Solo and Yogyakarta in circa 1867.

Gedung Lawang Sewu under coach by Prof. Jacob Klinkhamer and F b. j. Ouendag from Amsterdam Netherlands, execution of the construction of the building began on the 27th of February 1904, and was completed in July 1907. During the occupation of Japan, Lawang Sewu was used as the offices of the Transport Department of Japan, and at the time of independence in 1945, this building was used as the offices of the Djawatan Railway of the Republic of Indonesia (DKRI). In the event of military aggression to II, the Netherlands again took over this building and was used as a military headquarters, after the Netherlands back to leave the building by the Government of the Republic of Lawang Sewu Indonesia serve as Kodam IV Diponegoro Office in 1949. Subsequently in 1994 the building was again handed over to the Railways Department of Indonesia (Perumka), then after lying dormant for quite a while and the building of the armature, in 2009 the building was refurbished and made into a museum.

That need to be noticed by travelers who will pay a visit to the building is the lack of Lawang Sewu tersediaanya car parking, it is quite troublesome tourists coming by private car vehicles. But a few hundred meters from the houses of Lawang Sewu (entrance from the side of the road/River) there is a shopping center with a large parking area, so perhaps you could feel secure your vehicle parked in this place and then walk or use rickshaws to Lawang Sewu.

Lawang Sewu is open from 7 am to 9 pm, with the price of admission:

Adults: Rp. 10,000

Children: Rp. 5,000

Students: Rp. 5,000 








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Historical Tourism at Ratu Boko Site

Historical Tourism at Ratu Boko Site

 

Ratu Boko temple or the Palace of Queen Boko or Ratu Boko Site is one of the relics of the history of the archipelago from the 19th century VII-IX century AD located in Yogyakarta, Sleman Regency, not too far from the Prambanan Temple. This region is indeed known as the archaeological area where many of the temple buildings found that most probably still has not been found.

Ratu Boko Temple is located in the hills at an altitude of 196 metres above sea level, at first glance its shape resembled a fortress, but in fact it is a stone building of the former Monastic complex as recorded in an inscription dated Abhayagiriwihara 792 ad.

Ratu Boko site has an area of 160,892 square metres or more than 16 Hectares, many tourists who are attracted only by looking at section depanya, in fact, this site is quite extensive and consists of buildings with different themes, such as the burning of the temple building, Assembly Hall, the square, the Assembly Hall, the Hall of the Palace Remains, for Princess, Goa, the square and others.

Many wisataan who came to Ratu Boko Site in the afternoon to see the beauty of the sunset from the top of this Hill, the front of Ratu Boko GapuraKeraton which has a unique and distinctive shape is indeed right overlooking the West so eindahan blend sunset blends with the beauty of the architecture of the Temple Gate became an attraction especially for those who love photography.

Ratu Boko site is a historical heritage building of the era that Hinduism and Buddhism's complexion has a history. The history shows the pattern of a proclamation in Ratu Boko has ditemukanya the ruins of stupas and statues of Buddha Dayani, this according to what is written in the Abhayagiriwihara Inscription bangnan wrote that this was originally intended as the monastic buildings.

Around the year 856 C.e., SitusRatu Boko-shifter home residence of a ruler named Rakai Walaing Pu Kumbhayoni Hindu. This is corroborated by the findings of the Ratu Boko inscriptions 3 (a, b and c) dated 856 Ad which tells the story of the founding of the Linga associated with Hinduism. Another inscription found namely the Pareng dated 862 A.d. which describes the establishment of a shrine to Lord Shiva namely Badraloka. Other arkelologi are relics of Hinduism in Ratu Boko Site has is a ditemukanya statue of Durga, Ganesh, Yoni and an inscription made of gold plate.

Enter into the area of Ratu Boko Temple, after going through the trail and some stairs, visitors will arrive at the gate of Ratu Boko Palace, the shape of the arch is very notable, could even say almost all tourist photos of the foro of Queen Boko Palace in this place. The door of the gate facing West, so that dealing directly with sunset views.

Enter the gate, passing on your left there is a tall stone building named combustion Temple. The building of this temple is made of andesite with length 22.6 meters, width 22 meters high and 3.82 meters. Referred to as combustion Temple because in this temple ever found the ashes of the former combustion was originally believed to be the ashes of the burning corpse of King, but from the ashes of the research results are the result of burning wood and bone items not found or elements of the human body. Inside the Temple there are Burning sacred wells, water wells with a depth of about 5 meters is believed to have had a dagger and used as holy water on religious activities in temples of combustion. Until this time the holy water from the well is still used in religious ceremonies on the eve of the Great Tawur Nyepi holiday. Water from the well is brought to the Court of the Prambanan temple as the place dilaksanakanya Tawur Agung ceremony.

Walking along the footpath to the right of the traveller will find other buildings named Assembly Hall, Assembly Hall is a building intended as a waiting room for guests will meet the King.

Out of the gate in the South, down the stairs the tourists will realise that the Ratu Boko complex has a broad enough area, around the location of these tourists will see some objects among others Hall of the Royal Palace for Princess, and Goa. A large hall with a high fence is estimated to constitute the main building, the Hall was previously estimated to have wooden pillars, roof and wall of buildings like the luxurious Hall of the Royal Palace.

In addition to storing history, Ratu Boko Site is a convenient place to relax in the evening at sunset, in the afternoon when many tourists who photograph and relax while enjoying the beauty of nature. Ratu boko admission for adults is Rp. 25,000, car parking tickets of Rp. 10,000










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The Palace Of Kadriah

Tour To The Palace Of Kadriah-Pontianak

 

Kadriah Palace seems like a forgotten Palace is a building of high quality wood, nan gracefully this historic Palace is a true forerunner of Pontianak town initially shaped the Sultanate of Pontianak. Although currently looks less well preserved, but the building of the Palace still exudes Kadriah strong charisma.

The story of the Castle from seroang Kadriah Cleric named Abdurrahman Alkadrie Sharif who sailed along the Kapuas River heading upstream to spread Islam in the year 1771. One came when groups of Sharif Abd at an intersection between the Porcupine, the Kapuas River is small, and the Kapuas River delta-shaped large precisely on Wednesday 23 October 1771, then they decided to open up the land and founded a new settlement in this place, the place which is now called Pontianak.

Shortly after the opening of the land and building new settlements, Syarief Abdurrahman ever crowned became sultan of Pontianak with the building of the Palace and mosque of Jami Kadriah vampires (currently named Sultan Syarif Abdurrahman) as the seat of Government of the Sultanate of Pontianak.

Currently the Palace is located in the administrative region of Kadriah Neighborhood In Bugis, district East of Pontianak Pontianak City, and is one of the main tourist destinations in Pontianak. It is quite easy to reach by either by land or river passing through the bridge of the Kapuas River.













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Culinary City Of Medan

Enjoy A Culinary City Of Medan-North Sumatra.

Medan is the capital of North Sumatra Province, that the majority of the inhabitants are descended from the Batak. Yet in Medan itself, its population is a mix of Malay, Batak descent as well as China and India. The diversity of the population it is what culinary cause in Medan very diversified by bringing the kinds of dishes from each tribe and culture. This variety of food being one visitor destination City Field to take a culinary tour yourself during his visit as well as bring fruit hand for relatives in the place of origin.

Places to be visited by lovers of culinary during in Medan Merdeka Walk is located in the area of Kesawan Medan city right in the middle. This place is the parking area before Merdeka square start inaugurated since 14 April 2005 as the culinary center of Medan city place. This place is always crowded at night especially on holidays and weekends are causing trouble to get visitor parking a vehicle with many visitors in this place. An area of 6,600 meters covered by lush trees that are hundreds of years old have been since the days of the Netherlands was given the decoration lights for lighting as well as a decoration to add to the beauty of this area. At Merdeka Walk there are about 30 food outlets paid when food is delivered. The available food menu is very diverse as pizzas, seafood, dimsum, sushi, Tomyam soup, ice cream and traditional foods such as lontong sayur, soto Medan, Padang, sate Pempek and Durian Pancakes.

Not far from the Merdeka Walk, exactly in the way of Commerce, at night there are many food vendors along this road. For you typical India food lovers, we recommend you visit the Murtabak Saren. In this place you can order a typical egg martabak India served with pickles and Curry. Don't forget to order the Roti Tissue which is a dough carrots made as thin as possible and then shaped like a tower and sprinkled with chocolate and cheese to the size that is large enough to be eaten together. On the streets of this Commercial also there are many sellers that offer different types of food such as roti canai, satay, nasi lemak shells, mie aceh or drink juice with a variety of fruits.

If in Jakarta there were Ragusa and in Malang there is Oen, then Store in Medan there are Tip Top Restaurants that already stood since 1929 in the Guideway and in 1934, the restaurant moved to Jalan Ahmad Yani in Kesawan area. The restaurant interior design and atmosphere maintaining tempo doeloe in the Netherlands colonial rule brought memories of the visitors in that time. This restaurant is famous for its traditional pastries and snacks which is homemade. If you pay a visit to this restaurant, you should taste the cuisine of the West because it is the mainstay of the menu although there is also a cuisine of Indonesia and China. And as the cover you should be tasting ice cream with its flagship Moorkop. In the restaurant visitors are invited back to the age of the Netherlands through the decor, ambiance and food are popular at that time.

For you lovers of Malay cuisine, restaurant Garuda in Medan is a restaurant that serves regional cuisine of Malay and Minang existing in Medan since 1976. This restaurant was originally opened on the Street Youth and along with the number of demand then it also opened branches elsewhere in the city of Medan, also in other cities such as Jakarta. Although there are already in another city, but Garuda Restaurant Medan has the original flavor with spices typical of Malay and Minangkabau cuisine. In the restaurant, visitors can sample foods such as Coconut Curry snapper, rending, Satay and soto padang as well as the famous Dutch Eggplant juice it. In the Field there is also the famous cuisine of Aceh, namely Aceh Noodles Titi Dilapidated Road located in Java. In this restaurant, the noodles are served with a choice of three soups, namely noodles, goring or wet (not too dry or soups). The menu needs to be tested when it is at the restaurant and Crab Noodles egg martabak with spices typical of Aceh feels so be sampled.

If the bustling Commercial Street by food vendors in the evening, Cik Ditiro Street then Kristin and Teuku Umar is bustling with a variety of food vendors in the morning and the afternoon. It is not far from Sun Plaza and in the middle of the city make this area became the site of a selection of visitors who want to breakfast or lunch. One of the places you need to visit this area of Medan Lontong Kak Lin is located in Jalan Teuku Cik Ditiro across SMAN 1 Medan. This restaurant opens from 6.30 in the morning and usually is up during the day. Food eating is House mainstay Lontong Pecal resembling a gado-gado and NASI pecel with peanut gravy-like simply by paying Rp. 15,000. Lontong sayur at home eating also feels different, it tastes a little sweet with a little spice nuts make rice cake tasted savory. A companion to food especially sate mussels that use different seasonings so that it feels a bit spicy and sweet.

If a visit to the city of Medan is incomplete if it does not bring gift shop create relatives in the town of origin in order to get a feel for some specialties. Snacks typical of Medan city who's been famous since it first is Bika Ambon which can last up to 4 days fit into a gift shop for relatives. One of the famous Bika Ambon in Medan is Bika Ambon Zulaikha located on the road between the Mojopahit with prices ranging from Rp. 35,000-70,000 USD depending on the desired sizes with a choice of flavors original, pandan, mocca, cheese and pandan cheese. So do Bolu Meranti located Way Kruing or street Sisingamangaraja gift this is a favorite of visitors from various cities in the country. The price of this part of the Sponge ranging between Rp. 45,000-IDR 75,000 depending on the desired flavor of choice. Buyers can choose flavors like cheese cakes, strawberry, pineapple, mocca, custard apples, capucino, 3 in 1 or shredded chicken. Typical food Medan city Medan Anchovies are available at traditional markets with prices ranging from Rp. 55,000 IDR 75,000 to anchovies or anchovy rice toge.

For you lovers of fruit, you can buy candied guava typical Terrain in the streets of Kriung, not far from the Bolu Meranti at around Rp. 15,000 per kilogramnya. Or you can buy from passion fruit syrup is available at Medan city stores with price ranges between Rp. 25,000-30,000 IDR. For lovers of durian, do not miss to visit the Durian Ucok located on Jalan Iskandar Muda or Jalan Wahid Hasyim who is also open in the evenings. Visitors can buy durian with the price ranges of Rp. 20,000 to Rp. 40,000 per grain. In the Durian Ucok this you can also buy Durian Pancake which was the original durian fruit wrapped with wrappers made of flour. Besides durian pancakes here, can also be found at the fishing area Independent Restaurant Walk dangen price IDR 26,500 per piece. Many places that sell Pancakes Durian in Medan due to the large number of enthusiasts and the demand for these meals. But one of the many recommended is Durian House located on the street with a price of Rp. 75,000 per 10 pieces.

In addition to food, gift shop could be carried from the Battlefield is The Tauko Terrain is the result of creativity of the children of Medan like Dagadu in Yogyakarta or Bali Joger, Tauko Terrain can be found on the streets of Sei stem with the price of Rp. 55,000 to the tshirt and Rp-Rp. 150,000 130,000 to bag. The other similar shirts with Tauko Medan is The Bah, Cemana terrain and have a Field which also has its own distinctive features and the price is almost the same with Tauko terrain. For lovers of traditional fabrics, then you do not not buy fabric ulos typical Terrain which can be purchased at the main markets of the city of Medan as Central Market or Taxation value Petisah relatively expensive karenan woven manually with a variety of motifs and colors.

This is just part of the culinary variety in the city of Medan, but do not miss it if you pay a visit to the city. Medan city is not only known for its culture and sights but also rich with diverse culinary fusion of flavors and a touch of the inhabitants are from different tribes and different races to produce meals are delicious and distinctive.











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