Many old buildings are symbolized as a part of nation’s history so that the government considers destroy them. Whereas others argue that destructing old buildings in expanding accommodations are more important.
Maintaining old buildings is crucial to enforce and increase nationalism of society through history of a country. Old buildings will truly be important thing, if they have clarified that those indeed contain historical values, and have evidenced. Borobudur and Prambanan temple from Indonesia, for example, is as evidences that Indonesia in the past, there are many kingdoms and beliefs so that impact in the shape of temple. Recognizing the history of Borobudur and Prambanan temple to the children will shape their nationalism indirectly because they feel proud that their ancestors is incredible.
History does not stand the way of progress instead of history can promote the country to be developed country because a country will be respected by other countries as evidences that their history has maintained. It is evidenced when the imperial country always deletes the history of a country that they imperialise. For instance, the United States is a developed country because they very respect and maintain their history, so that is why their residents become spirit to develop their country. As a result, the United States of America become superpowers in the world.
To sum up, old buildings which are symbol of nation’s history is crucial to build nationalism for residents’ a country, and also the history is one of supporter in a country to be evidence that a country in the past is superpowers.