The Javanese name Lawang Sewu means "Thousand Doors", comes from its numerous doors and arcs. It was famous as haunted building, but it was renovated to eliminate the building's "spooky image" in order to attract more visitors as one of the Central Javan government's tourism program. I went there for the inauguration on July 2011.

 

I really love the grande design. However, it kinda lost its 'nostalgic' feeling after being renovated :(