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Vihara Buddhagaya Watugong


Buddhagaya Watugong Vihara is a monastery that was inaugurated in 2006 and declared MURI as the highest pagoda in Indonesia. Buddhagaya Watugong Vihara situated 45 minutes from the center of Semarang. This monastery has many buildings and are in large areas.
One of the most famous icons in this monastery is Avalokitesvara Pagoda (Metta Karuna), in which there are large Buddha Statues. Avalokitesvara Pagoda, which has a maximum building height of 45 meters with 7 levels, which means that a hermit...

Warak Ngendog


Warak Ngendhog is typical of Semarang toys that appear once and only present at the celebration Dugderan tradition. This toy intangible imaginary creature that is a combination of several animals that symbolized the unity of various ethnic groups in Semarang: Chinese, Arabic and Javanese. His head resembles the head of the dragon (China), his body like a Buraq (Arabic), and four legs like a leg of...

Klenteng Sam Po Kong



Sam Po Kong temple than a place of worship and pilgrimage tourism is also an interesting place to visit. This place is also known as Stone Gedong. Some say the name is used because the origin of this place is a large rock cave which is located on a hill of stone. But there are some people who say that in fact the true origin of the word is Kedong Stone, aka a pile of natural stones that are used to...

Lawang Sewu Semarang



Sewu Lawang in the Indonesian language means "A Thousand Doors. " Semarang residents call it that because this building has large windows and doors are like doors which amounted to very much. This building was designed by Dutch architect from the firm of C. Citroen JF Klinkhamer and B.J. Quendag in 1903 and completed in 1907. This building was originally used for offices Spoorweg Nederlands-Indische...

Church Blenduk



Church built in 1753 is one of the landmarks in the Old City of Semarang. Different from other buildings in the Old City, which generally enclose the street and did not highlight the form, the building of the Neo-Classical style is precisely the contrast and easily identifiable look. The shape is more prominent. The location of this building frontal on Jl. Suari who formerly named Kerk straat (Church...

Minaret Mosque Kampung Melayu



If you are visiting Hyderabad and likes to visit historic sites, the Mosque Parch or also commonly called Minaret Mosque Kampung Melayu is one of the proper location on the visit. He was already more than two centuries witnessed the historical development of Islam in Semarang.
Easy enough to find the location of the old mosque. From Johar Market direction swivel to follow the path toward Tawang Station....

mosque Kauman Semarang



Mosque Kauman included in the list of old mosque in the land of Java. Located adjacent to Johar Market, Semarang. Previously, this complex is a square where people gather Semarang. Until now, building Kauman Mosque still standing strong despite the surrounding neighborhood streets had been crowded with stalls, street vendors, and public transportation where waiting passengers.Kauman Mosque was founded...

Lake Toba



Incomplete feel if you visited the North Sumatra did not stop for a moment to Lake Toba, volcanic lake which is the largest lake in Indonesia, and even Southeast Asia. Exotic charm vast expanse of the lake like a sea with shady trees and hills, charming. The lake, measuring 1700 square meters with a depth of approximately 450 meters and lies 906 meters above sea level, in the middle of the lake there...

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