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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

surabaya


Grahadi Building

Grahadi Building, is convention hall and the official residence of East Java Governor located at Pemuda street - Central Surabaya. See its self remind as of the Dutch Colonialism in Indonesia which was built in 1795 at that time the Dutch commisioner Dirk Van Hogendorp (1794-1798). Initially the front of Grahadi faced the Kali Mas river. During tea hours in the afternoon the occupants could see small vessels with passengers up and down the river. The small vessels used to transportation, they arrived and go by the small vessels. In 1802 the front side of building which originally faced the north, was changed into the south until the present time.

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