Heritage in Tatters

The house is locked up and no one lives there. The doors and windowpanes are cream and light blue, but the panes have turned grimy and the walls are flaking.

Not many people realize that the house holds an important place in the nation's history.

Above the front door hangs a gold-colored plaque inscribed with the words "The birthplace and childhood home of Bung Karno (Indonesia's first president). A heritage site as decreed by Surabaya Mayoral Regul

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