Stake attention in this memory
The image shows a plaque in Indonesian, English, and Japanese on a wall inside the Lawang Sewu building in Semarang, Indonesia, located at -6.985 latitude, 110.409 longitude. The plaque describes the Diponegoro War, which occurred in Java between 1825 and 1830. The plaque describes the war as one of the biggest colonial wars experienced in Indonesia, where the Dutch army tried to suppress the resistance of Javanese people led by Prince Diponegoro. The war was triggered by the President of Yogyakarta, Anthonie Hendrik Smisssart, who decided to repair roads around Yogyakarta in 1825. The plaque mentions the death of 200,000 Javanese people, 8,000 Dutch soldiers, and 7,000 native soldiers during the conflict. The image shows a shadow from the building's structure casting over the plaque in the lower portion.
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