Identification of Cultural Heritage Buildings in Langsa City

Abstract

Cultural heritage objects are evidence of historical relics/ archaeological inherited from the ancestors which are useful in social life. This heritage needs to be preserved and maintained to increase historical awarenessof the community. Langsa is one of the areas which have a lot of historical heritage. Therefore, the community can be a pioneer in maintaining historical relics, especially those who live around the heritages, so that it will indirectly increase their historical awareness. To achieve that, it is required to trace these historical relics. The purpose of this research is to determine the historical relics identified as cultural heritage in Langsa. The method of this research is the historical method with stages namely the heuristicstage, the source criticismstage, the interpretationstage and historiographystage.