Lawang Sewu

Centrala Java · Indonesien · Museum

Lawang Sewu – "a thousand doors" – was built in 1904 as the headquarters of the Dutch colonial railway company in Semarang. During the Japanese occupation its basement was turned into a prison where captives were crammed into standing cells, tortured and executed. Visitors tell of a weeping Dutch woman in the corridors and of a shadowy figure with glowing green eyes that approaches anyone who dares meet its gaze in the underground passages. The building is a museum today, but the evening walks down into the damp cells rank among the most feared in Indonesia.

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Hvor ligger Lawang Sewu?

Lawang Sewu ligger i Centrala Java, Indonesien.

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