TUGU PAHLAWAN(THE HEROES MONUMENT)

Although there are many military statues in and around Surabaya, this one is certainly the most imposing. The heroes monument stands, like a rocket pointed towards the moon, in Taman Kebunrojo opposite the East Java Governor's office in jalan Pahlawan. A statue as tall as 45 yards erected on Pahlawan street is not ornate or even decorative, not particularly large, but its simplicity may have been the deliberate plan of its architect to convey humble, rather than bellicose, pride. The monument becomes a centre of major attention every November 10th, the day in 1945 when Surabaya commemorates those heroes who died during the independence war.