Monday, April 22, 2013

Wringin Lawang, Trowulan.jpgLawang WRINGIN portal is a portal Majapahit relics of the 14th century in the Jatipasar, District Trowulan, Mojokerto regency, East Java, Indonesia. The building is located just south of the main road in Jatipasar.

In the Java language, WRINGIN Lawang means 'Door beringin'.
Structure and function of the building

This great gateway made ​​of red brick with a broad material base 13 x 11 meters and 15.5 meters high. Be built in the 14th century. The portal-style temple commonly called bentar or split gate type. Such architectural style emerged unexpectedly in Majapahit era and is now widely found in Balinese architecture. Most historians agree that this gate is the entrance to the important building complexes in the capital Majapahit. Suspicion about the building's original function is to invite a lot of speculation, one of the most popular is thought to be the portal entrance to the residence Mahapatih Gajah Mada.

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