Tugu Muda, a memorial to the battle of the five-day in the city of Semarang

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Still in Semarang city friends? If not go where-where we will visit the Monument located in the center of the city of Semarang. The monument is Tugu Muda, the monument dedicated to the heroes who have died in battle five days in Semarang against Japan. The soul of patriotism of the young man who did the battle no doubt again. They sacrificed the soul and her own body to repel the army of Japan from Curcumin.

Keberadaannyapun is not disturbed by noise tire Semarang that increasingly dense day-to-day activities of its citizens. The more years a young, increasingly appear in better condition. The attention of the City Government will be the appearance of the monument this one deserves thumbs up. How does? Tugu Muda look better conditions compared to his appearance 15 years ago.

Location

For those of you who like to see directly the monument to this one, could be heading to Semarang below. Tugu Muda is a roundabout in the form of a large garden which is a confluence of several major highway town of Semarang. The highway is the road Youth, Pandanaran street, Imam Bonjol street, Soegijapranata street and Dr. Sutomo street.

But for those of you who are out of town, get to travel the route as follows:

1. Landed first in Semarang Ahmad Yani international airport

2. Advanced travel by making existing transport against rental in Semarang city, such as: airport taxi, taxi, public transport online plate yellow. For the distance fare from Airport (taxi by using online) about 4.1 km and estimated time + 9 hours. Here is the route when viewed from google maps:

The Condition Of The Building

Tugu Muda if we note really, its shape resembles a candle. The form is indeed by the designer to give messages to us that the building is not a monument created by haphazard. But we will remember the spirit of the young men who fought with the army of Japan as relentlessly and had the spirit of burning.

If we examine more closely the Young Monument, composed of three parts, namely:

• The runway as a square-shaped cross section of five. This section also includes the parts of the foot there is a relief in all parts. This relief is about a range of activities related to the activities of the five-day battle in the city of Semarang.
• The middle or body where he serves as a milestone for propping up the head or the top of the monument.
• The head or tip top Young Monument, where its shape resembles a flame that sits above a candle or torch.

In addition there is a monument in the shape of the monument, at the site of the monument there is also:

• The fountain, which is when the night gives its own entertainment with the colors of the visible light is colorful.
• The spiky bamboo that add up to 5 pieces, which describes the number of days of the battle and the resistance of the youth of that time using simple tools including one spiky bamboo.
• Fir tree that was in quite a few garden side Pillar and of course its existence adds to the beautiful scenery in the Park Tugu Muda.
• The grass that looks neat and well kept. This grass also makes the atmosphere in the garden of Tugu Muda looks green and soothing.
• Light poles are useful as lighting the lights around the location of the monument and this of course will be very helpful for those who visit the Monument in the night time.

Construction Of Tugu Muda

Tugu Muda is the building which was inaugurated by the President of Indonesia, Sukarno on 20 May 1953 to coincide with the day of national revival. The material used was imported directly from Kaliurang.

Visit to Tugu Muda

For those of you who want to visit Tugu Muda, visiting can at any time ... but the best time to visit him was the night. At night we can see the colorful lights decorated the fountain looks so harmonious and blends. If you are riding a motorcycle can be entrusting his motorcycle in some locations of the buildings have parking around the monument.

Young's own monument surrounded some buildings are separated by a highway. The building is Lawang Sewu, Pandanaran Building, Mandala Bakti Museum and Office of Devotional Governor of Central Java.