Central Java Grand Mosque

Central Java Grand Mosque (MAJT=Masjid Agung Jawa Tengah) which is located in Gajah Raya Street, Semarang, opened at 11 November 2006, now become Moslem pride because the world has known its existence. Not only recognized by Indonesia Moslem but also have been recognized by Moslem in the world. Not a few Islams States Diplomats and Worlds Moslem paying a visit to Central Javas use opportunity intentionally x'self visit MAJT. They confess got stuck with pride of MAJT, the development need time of 5 year, and become place of religious service, education center, public service, activity syiar Islam center, and alternative of religi tour.

Even, almost every day domestic tourist from fatherland angle, especially at red letter day coming to MAJT for seeing beauty of Grand Mosque building. MAJT was built in area of approximately of 10 hectare, with mains building broad 7.669 m2, and can accomodate 15.000 pilgrim. While the width platform of 7.500 m2 provided with six giant umbrella which can open and close automatically like the one in Nabawi Mosque in Madinah town.

This mosque architecture is between Javas, Arab, and Greek architectures.

In right wing building there is auditorium or meeting room capable to accomodating 2.000 pilgrim. While left wing is draw up for library which is design to become modern library (digital library) and rented space for office.

MAJT besides prepared as religious service place, also draw up as a religion tour. For supporting this purpose, MAJT provided with inn with capacities of 23 room chamber various classes so people that wishing spend the night can use this facility.

Other fascination from this mosque is Asmaul Husna Tower or Al Husna Tower with height 99 Meter. Elementary part from this tower there are Studio Radio DaIs (Dakwah Islam). While in 2nd floor and 3rd floor applied as Museum Kebudayaan Islam, and in 18rd floor there are" Moslem Cafe" available to rotate 360 degree. In 19rd floor, which is for see tower is equipped five binoculars which can see Semarang town from above.

MAJT is evaluated from the angle of the architecture is very pride and the building of model bunch principle byword kluster from Mosque Nabawi in Madinah.

Form of appearance of the architecture is new composition model taking from tradition mosque of wali with adding universal patterns of Islam architectures at main building withby uppermost of the main dome provided "minaret" sharp-pointed boost in fourth of the side.

MAJT have concept which translated in tradition candra sengkala. Message in candra sengkala solid in sentence "sucining guna gapuraning gusti" (4391-1934 Java or 2001 year Masehi Miladiyah), mark onset for intention besit to start to build this Java pearl mosque..

Some buildings in areas MAJT have specification specially not owned by other area in Indonesia. For example giant hydraulic umbrella which you can only find in two place, that is Mosque Nabawi and Central Java Grand Mosque.

Tower Asmaul, Husna, which is standing steady in southwest MAJT angle is one of the fascination area . From its, building as high as 99 metre symbolising the name of God concepted as Holy Tower replica. Many visitors which to comes for merely seeing or photograph with in towers MAJT.

Pagoda Kwan Im

Pagoda Kwan Im , building which there is in Buddha Gaya Watugong shrine site have high artistic value 39 metre. Built in year of 2005 and located right accross front Makodam IV/Diponegoro Semarang. This Building that have seven level, there are Welas Asih Goddess statue from second level to sixth. But at least 20 statue of Kwan Im are attached in Pagoda. Installation of this Welas Asih goddess adapted by wind eye direction. This is meant, so that Goddess always disperse love and can take care of Semarang Town from all directions.

This highest pagoda building in Indonesia have very high architecture art and one of Semarang citizen pride (especially), and Jateng (in general). Because, in this time Shrine visitor Buddha Gaya is not only Budha people only, but also other religion people and suited for made one of religion tour.

Mausoleum Ki Ageng Pandanaran

Ki Ageng Pandanaran is the first Semarang Duke and the date his promotion as a duke became the day becoming Semarang Town. Thereby he considered to be exponent of forming of Semarang town. Ki Ageng Pandan Arang or Pandanaran die in the year 1496. This place many visited by visitor  especially at event of khol him die. This Ki Ageng Pandanaran Mausoleum reside in Mugas Dalam street II / 4 Semarang.

Ronggowarsito Museum

Museum which located in this Abdul Rahman Saleh street is the most complete museum in Semarang having histories objects collection, natural, archaeology, culture, knowledge and development Archipelago era. Name Of Ronggowarsito is taken away from one of the famous Indonesia master with the masterpiece result in the field of culture and philosophy. This Museum occupy areal for the width of 1,8 ha and open every day at 08.00-14.00 West Indonesia Time except Monday.

Jamu Jago and Muri Museum

Museum that have collection of photographing, traditional equipmentses and slid of making of jamus at this pasts of locations in Setiabudi Street no.179 Srondol Semarang. This Museum build by Jamu Jago Company as promotion and information center. Meanwhile MURI museum collect record of extraordinary achievement which owned by Indonesia people. This record is more than 150 data concerning people with idiosyncrasy like : the heaviest, waist slender, longest hair, and others. Here visitor is not collected fee and opened at Monday-Friday out of 08.00-16.00 WIB. Visitor will be amused with artistry of karawitan which is done by employee and or midget people.

Raden Saleh Culture Garden

Place which is initialy is People Amusement Centre as Semarang Zoo, now after zoo is moved to area Tinjomoyo, become Culture Garden Raden Saleh. With facility in the form of capacities building of 1000 people, this garden is more knowledgeable as place of nuptials reception and meeting.

Majapahit Palace

This entertainment amusement facility for public which is located at Majapahit street 288-290 have swimming pool, pool fished, train, toy child and music-hall. In this Music-Hall performed people puppets every night started from at 20.00 WIB till finish. For Palace Majapahit x'self can be visited every day from 06.00-21.00

Puri Maerokoco

An object tour residing in this Tawangmas PRPP site meant as Central Java miniature embracing all customs houses so-called with bridges out of the 35 towns and sub-provinces in Central Javas. In that houses performed industrial pickings and crafting produced by each areas. Besides presenting customs houses, this tour object provided with water recreation facility like water bicycle, train and boat.

Agro Wisata Sodong

Object tour agro developed by Semarang government located about 20 km from downtown. This area broadly of 350 ha also develop agriculture, fishery and plantation besides also planned will build swimming pool and game of chlid. With rural atmosphere, visitor will be able to enjoy park and fruit like rambutan and or vegetable like sweet maize and cucumber.

Coastal of Marina

Coastal of Marina is a place of recreation in the form of swimming pool and coast because located in coast periphery Semarang. Besides offering swimming pool facility visitor also able to enjoy playground facility, gazebo, field volley coast and water recreation.

Stone Building

This Klenteng built by a courier from Tiongkok which is called Sam Poo Tay Djien in his visit to Semarang from his visit series to all asian nations. Klenteng give inspiration for developing various legends concerning towns Semarang specially in this Simongan areas have form very beautiful buildings. With solidarity with Chineses ornamen which hardly jelling with form of rooves looking like joglo, this building is an interesting place to be visited.

Tinjomoyo Zoo

Botanic Garden and Animals Life Garden, which officially called as Tinjomoyo Margaraya Garden, by Semarang public more knowledgeable with the title "Bon-bin" Tinjomoyo", is re-located from Tegal Wareng Zoo in the year 1985. This tour object reside in south part of town Semarang, occupy field of 57 hectare in the form of urban forest which there are various animals types and also childrens playgrounds.

Simpang Lima

One place of giving individuality for Semarang town is Simpang Lima. This place is plaza residing in midst intersection of Pandanaran Street in West side, A. Yani Street in East side, Gajahmada Street in North side and Pahlawan street in South side. While in North-East side there is KH. Ahmad Dahlan street. Growth of Simpanglima function become plaza is the first Republic Of Indonesia President suggestion, suggesting levying of plaza in Semarang to replace Kanjengan. Plaza Semarang since period of first Duke Semarang goverment have changed function becoming shopping centre. Function as place of ceremony, Simpanglima also become place of show, place of recreation, even as tiban market at certain time. Various foods types with lesehan style take place about pavement and around plaza. Meanwhile souvenir, scholl appliance, utensil and furniture, slipper until hair decoration, also sold here.

Tugu Muda

A monument in form of candle upstand in the middle of intersection of Pemuda Street, Sutomo Street, Pandanaran Street, Bulge imam and Soegiyopranoto Street. This monument was built as monument in memory of heroisme Semarang combatant fight against Japan colonist known as five day war in Semarang town from date of 14-19 October 1945. First stone placed by Central Java governor Budiyono and opened by first President RI Soekarno on 20 May 1953. In form of candle with meaning spirit of unflagging to all combatant maintaining independence. At monument foot there are relief depicting Indonesia people misery in a period of era colonization of Japan, like Hongeroedem relief, encounter relief, attack relief, victory relief and victim relief.

Blenduk Church

Built in the year 1750 and restored in the year 1894 by HPA de Wilde, Westmas, this church is ommission of Dutch. Called as Blenduk church because the dome shaped which like slice of ball, so people tell ‘mblenduk'. Occupy areal of 400 m², this building in form hexagonal with rectangles rooms and its side form of Greeks crucifixes. Interior shape is entirely distinguish decorated by Dutch with arranged plant sucker. While at the balcony have form beauty of unique interior. As one of ancient building in Old area of Town, this building can be visited every day.

Mandala Bakti Museum

As museum ABRI struggle, this museum have various collections concerning data, history and documentation, and modern and also traditional weapons and also equipmentses which use in war time to maintaining independence.

Jamu Nyonya Meneer Museum

Located in Kaligawe street, this museum build on 18 January 1984. As information center, promotion and as media for preserving traditional culture heritage, concerning jamu which merit where all the material got from our own fatherlands. Nyonya Meneer Museum occupy space 150 m² which has various cultural objects collections concerning jamus and also collecting Ladies Meneer person which in the form of photos and history of way of making of jamus by using traditional appliances (lumpang and pestle, pepesan, cuwo, panel and bothekan/place to keep ingredient original jamu recipe). Museum opened every Monday-Friday at 10.00-15.00 WIB. Here visitor is not collected fee, besides visitor can witness twiddling of slid concerning procedures of process of jamu and also can try warmness serbat Jamu Nyonya Meneer.

Tabanas Gombel Garden

Garden residing in this Gombel zoom is known as Tabanas garden in platform of front. As hilly area, this area more coldly from Semarang under side and from here we can enjoy view of town under side. Around this many standing restaurants and hotel.

Tanjung Emas

Semarang have large famous port since era colonization of Dutch that is Tanjung Emas, and there are many larges ships. As place of port recreation which located in Yos Sudarso street this Semarang artery have facility : boat rented, pool fished, artificial lake, arena grass track, jogging track.

Garden Lele / Kampoeng Wisata

Recreational park residing in this monument district is reptil garden equiped by jackstraws arena facility, restaurant and entertainment amusement podium. Here regularly performed show in entertainment amusement podium in the form of snake dance, attractions like wrestlings with fighting against crocodile or ketonggeng baths. This garden is open generically every day.

Gelanggang Pemuda Manunggal Jati

This building is for accomodating various activities done by the young mens organizations in towns Semarang at the same time as secretariat each organizations. This place also there are sport court, tennis court and swim.

Kreo Cave

Kreo Cave is a small cave which trusted as petilasan Sunan Kalijogo for looking teak to build Grand Mosque Demak. At the time according to legend of Sunan Kalijogo meet with monkey flock which then ordered them to take care of the teak. Word "Kreo" come from word "Mangreho" which mean looking after or taking care. This word then make this cave called as Kreo cave and since then folk of monkey which dwell in this area considered to be watchman. Besides enjoying view of nature and cold air and also meet with monkey watchman in this area, visitor also able to enjoy chilling and fresh river stream in this area underside.

Ngaliyan Tirta Indah

Ngaliyan Tirta Indah is swimming pool residing in street of Ngaliyan Subdistrict Ngaliyan. Build in year 1991, this swimming pool have areal 2 ha. Besides swimming pool facility this place also provided with nursery bed garden various flowers and crops types, athletic building and cafeteria.

Kampoeng Laut

This tour object is located at beach nearby PRPP site and Central Java Miniature Garden Maerokoco. This is place of tour kuliner in the form of the biggest adrift restaurant in Semarang. Restaurant offer various menus like bandeng seas kampongs saus, cah baby kailan, fruit salad and maize juice beverage. At the same time eat, visitor is pampered with view of beautiful sea.
This place also there are Fishing pool, with complete fishing rod arena area of 2 hectare.

Polder Tawang

Polder Tawang is located precise in front of Tawang Station, according to the function Polder Tawang is a[n system for protecting what overflows water from outside area of draught control water face in Old Town. This polders system component consisted: embanked, flood gate, channel, collector, retention pool and water pump.

Old Town Semarang

When you alight from trains station Semarang, Tawang, hence in front of your eyes you can witness old towns atmospheres Semarang have. Name of Semarang x'self it is said started from history of kasultanan Demak with figure called prince of Made Pandan and his son Raden Pandan Arang leaving Demak towards a place called Island Tirang for propagating Islam and also open forest area. This area even also becoming fertile. In between Island soil fertility Tirang, emerge charcoal acid tree crop (java: asem arang) which then peep out name of Semarang town. Traditionally, Semarang town stand up commencing from the date of 2 May 1547 just with screw enthronement of Pandan Arang II as regent.

Fringe old town will be met to paving block roads and a lot of old building and in front of station Tawang there is polders for lessening flood at rain.

Many valuable history buildings scattered in Semarang, for example Lawangsewu Building which is ex-office Nederlandsch-Indische Spoorweg Maatschappij. Area Of Old Town, which is called as The Little Netherland, have many ancient buildings manners. A number of buildings still function, like Blenduk Church, Het Groote Huis or well known as Papak building (now State Finance Building-Red), Large post office Semarang, Du Pavillon Hotel (now called Dibya Puri), till KA Tawang Station.

Gedong Songo Temple

Gedong Songo Temple is a temple building site name located in Sub-Province Semarang, precisely in Mount Bevel Ungaran. This temple was found by Raffles in the year 1804 and is ommission of Hindu culture from Dynasty epoch Syailendra 9th century (year 927 masehi).

This temple located in height about 1.200 m above sea level so that air temperature here enough chilled (range from 19-27°C).

This temple building site consist of 9 temple which spread over in Mount bevel Ungaran, have view of beautiful nature. Around location also there are natty arranged pine forest and also wellspring containing brimstone. Distant from town Semarang to temple Gedong Songo is about 45 Km

Grand Mosque Demak

Grand Mosque Demak is eldest mosque in Indonesia, located in countryside Kauman Demak. This mosque trust have ever is place of the gathering of moslem scholars (wali) Islam spreader called also Walisongo, for studying spreading of Islam in Java land specially and Indonesia in general. This mosque founder estimate is Raden Patah, who is from first Sultanate Demak king.

This mosque have galleries and mainses buildings which made from teak. Mains building have four main pillar called saka guru.

The middle roof sustained by four giant wood pole (saka guru), which made by four wali among Wali Songo. Saka side south-east is made by Sunan Ampel, west-south made by Sunan Gunung Jati, north-west made by Sunan Bonang, north-east not made out of one fully wood but compiled from some logs cuts which bound becoming one (saka tatal), is contribution from Sunan Kalijaga. Gallery building is an open building. The roof in form of pyramid which sustained eight migration pillar called Saka Majapahit. This gallery building is outbuilding at Duke Yunus epoch (Pati Unus or prince of Sabrang Lor), sultan Demak second (1518-1521) in the year 1520.

In Grand Mosque Demak site location, there are some Sultanates kings mausoleums Demak and of serving him. There are also a museum over there, containing of matters concerning history of forming of Grand mosque Demak.

Dugderan

Dugderan is celebration of public tradition Semarang one day nearing the coming of holy month of Ramadhan. Ahead public believing in Islam in Semarang determine day strarting it fasting oftentimes different each other between which an with other. This difference become attention which is obliged, so that Regent Semarang which by then taken hold of by RMTA Purbaningrat in the year 1891 making bold to determine strarting it day fasting. Before execution of event of ritual dugderan in Large mosque Kauman executed by carnival pageant dugderan started from Public Hall Yard.

As sign that tomorrow is the day start of fasting, hence bedhug in Large Mosque Semarang and cannon in Kanjengan yard is sounded 3 times (Regent office, now turn into shopping centre and Kanjengan Teater Cinema).

With this sesomnating cannon voice, hence Semarang public and its surroundings know that start of fasting Ramadhan will apply tomorrow morning, so that public don't hesitating again to execute it. Because the solidarity of musical instrument, voice bedug “dug-dug-dug” and cannon “der-der-der” hence people Semarang name the tradition with the title “Dugderan”.

After cannon sounded, gamelan Sub-province beated, then caught up with free Javanese musicals until eveningses.

This atmosphere also enlivened with food seller, toy merchant and tiban entertainers, and also visitor from various towns tumplek bleg enjoy public entertainment amusement. Not left behind gangsingan seller and warak ngendhog.

Warak Ngendhog Toy is typical toy which emergence once and only attending in celebration of Dugderan tradition, with form of body look like goat and head in form of dragon. According to legend this animal is solidarity between Chineses dragons myths and Buroq from Arabs, equally warak ngendhog as association symbol from various ethnical factions in Semarang, considering town which is build by Ki Ageng Pandanaran many living is ethnical of Chineses.

Celebration of this Dugderan tradition hitherto still be preserveed and dugderan merchants are focused at Polder Tawang.

Booth Semawis

Booth Semawis is centering snacks (food) in Gang Warung Street and Gang Lombok area Pecinan Semarang. In the form of alley road, then in the left right there are chairs desks and tents booths in the middle & roadside, while grooving pedestrian walking in the centre. There are a lot of available food. But, because located in Pecinan it to be most in the form of Chinese type food (Chiness Food), for Islam people have to very neglectless in choosing lawful food type. The food is vary, there is chickens rices, mush, broilled (chicken, ox, pig), empek2, noodle (chicken, pig), kwetiau, ices puter, etc.

In the centre of walking the length there is podium, make karaokean and live music with Mandarins songs type.

Coastal Maron

Coastal Maron is new location tour coast in Semarang. The location can pass Airport way in Ahmad Yani or through Housing Of Graha Padma-Krapyak. Precisely around River estuary Silandak. This coast property of Air Transport of TNI Angkatan Darat (Penerbad) and red maron is colour typical baret Penerbad, hence this coast called as coast Maron.

If usually coastal North sea has many reeves, but here its slope slightly and sand. The sand almost same as in Bali, but the colour is not white. You can swim along the beach or can also drive boat. After arrive in the middle of the sea, we can see view of complete town Semarang. Would seems to be town under side which represented by coast Maron, Gombel as above side town and if weather is bright enough can see Mount Ungaran as the background.

Center Snacks/Gifts Semarang

Center snacks and present in Semarang located along Pandanaran street, between Tugu Muda and Simpang Lima. Here you will be able to enjoy (or bring return for present) food typical Semarang such as: lunpia, wingko babat with assorted taste, moaci, various cookeries types bandeng (presto, filled, slack thorn etc), soft bone burning chicken, wajik and assorted other traditional cake.

If Bandung was famous with ready made clothes center because the public liked to expend the money for buying new clothes, hence public Semarang like to expend the money for delicious food. Many domestic tourists in Semarang (or passing town Semarang) stopping by buying present in this snacks center.

Only, what becoming insuffiency is no park facility adequateness. Especially in a period of vacation, car which majority from outside town, will park in front of the shops in Pandanaran street.

Cathedral Randusari Church

This building located in area of Tugu Muda, precisely in dr. Soetomo street Semarang. This building consist of cathedral, meeting house and scholl. This building included in historic building category which protected in Town Semarang.

Cathedral building is symetrical building with facade unique orienting at occidental architecture. Site of design building in form of parallelogram by three entrance, each resided in West side, North and South.

Roof construction is a complex pyramid, which covered with tile. At top pyramid there are tower which arranged in layers with sheet metal. There are thickening at wall and form parapet. Teritisan is wide enough.

This cathedral initialy use as Dienst voor Volks Gezeondheid or Public Health Service in Dutch colonization epoch. In the year 1926 bought by church-warden, and then re-build become Catholic church. This building then made by bishop locus.

The building is designed by Dutch architect J.Th.Van Oyen assisted by constructor Kleiverde. Year 1937 performed a restoration and extension of Cathedral, like written at Bishop letter Batavia date of 20 December 1937 to Pater P.C. who temporary officially as Kerk-en Armbestuur.

On 9 August 1940 Central Java is opened as vikarist apostolic under leader of Mgr. A. Soegijopranoto,S.J. as first grand bishop in Indonesia. Church having name opening Santa Perawan Maria Ratu Rosario Suci then rounding into Cathedral Church.