Lojiwetan: The Image of Dutch Colonial Era in Solo City

In 2009, I helped my brother, Satrio Budi Utomo to look for school. He finally decided to register in SMP Negeri 11 Surakarta, one of government junior high schools in Solo City and thank god he was finally accepted. One thing that made me surprised and impressed, that school was surrounded by many old buildings with Dutch colonial style. At that time, I had not yet passed the area because that place was located in small aisle (Sungai Kapuas Street) that I did not commonly pass.  The area has the name "Lojiwetan". It comes from two Javanese words: loji (house) and wetan (east). Thus, Lojiwetan means the houses which are located in the eastern part of Surakarta Palace.