Tugu Muda | Semarang Cultures

Tugu Muda is a pentagon-shaped monument. Consists of parts of the runway, body and head. Pasa side of the monument there is a relief basis. The entire monument is made of stone. To reinforce the impression tugunya, ornamental ponds and gardens created at around the monument. The building is located around tugumuda sewu Lawang, BDNI Office, Home Office would be the Governor of Central Java, Manggala Bakti Museum and the Cathedral.

Starting from the idea to set up a monument that commemorates the Battle of Five-day event in Hyderabad. On October 28, 1945, Gubbernur Twngah Java, Mr. WWongsonegoro put first stone at the originally planned location is near the town square. However, due in November 1945 the war broke out against the Allies and Japan, this project became dormant.

Then in 1949, the Youth Coordinating Board of Indonesia (BKPI), initiated the idea of ​​building the monument back, but due to lack of funding, this idea has not been done jugaa. In 1951, Mayor of Semarang, Hadi Soebeno Sosro Wedoyo, form
a committee Tugu Muda, with development plans are no longer on the location of the square, but at this present location. Monument design is done by Salim, while the reliefs on the monument is done by the artist Hendro.

Stones that are used among others brought in from Kaliurang and Paker. On 10 November 1951, laid the first stone by Central Java Governor Boediono and on May 20, 1953, to coincide with National Awakening Day, Tugu Muda diresmikaan by Sukarno, President of the Republic of Indonesia. Until now, quite a lot of changes have been made to the statues around the monument young, other antatra a garden and pond.