Tugu Pahlawan is one of the Surabaya City icons as the City of Heroes. This monument is a point 0 miles to the city of Surabaya. Standing on a land area of 1.3 hectare field, and is administratively located in the Village Square Chontong, District lathe, the city of Surabaya.
This monument is as high as 45 yards (40.5 meters) phallus-shaped or inverted spikes. Body-shaped monument arches 10 arches, and divided into 11 sections. Tall, vertebra, and curve implies 10, month 11, year 1945. A historic date, not only for residents of Surabaya, but also for all the People Nation Indonesia.
Heroes Monument was built to commemorate the events of the Battle of 10 November 1945 in Surabaya, where arek-arek Suroboyo fought against the Allied forces with the Dutch who wanted to colonize Indonesia again.
Tugu Pahlawan monument became the center of attention every November 10, recalled the incident in 1945 when many heroes who died in the war for independence.
This monument was initiated by Doel Arnowo, who was then serving as Regional Head of the Great City of Surabaya. Then he asked Ir. Tan to design the monument images that referred, for further submitted to President Sukarno.
Meanwhile, according to Ir. Soendjasmono, the initiator of this monument is Ir. Sukarno himself. This idea received special attention from the mayor of Surabaya, Doel Arnowo. For plans and drawings submitted to Ir. R. Soeratmoko, who has overcome some of the other architecture in the contest for the selection of architects to build this monument.
At first the work of the Monument Tugu Pahlawan Surabaya City Hall itself is handled. Then followed by the Indonesian Engineering Corporation, which is then forwarded by the Contractor Saroja. Monuments built during the past ten months, was inaugurated by President Soekarno on November 10, 1952.
