Istana Bogor by C. W. Meiling (courtesy of Bartele Gallery)
When it comes to ostentatious shows of wealth, nobody does it better than the Europeans. Backed by inherited riches of generations, the elites of Britain, France and Germany expressed their affluence the only way they knew; building bigger, better, dachas Brasher who shouted 'Look at me' to their neighbors, peers and tenants.
Old money with its commitment to the succession, wealth and the right found it easy to build. No pesky distractions such as unions or health and safety, the rich were not constrained by their imagination, and that European economies have exploded new money in the form of people who had made a fortune in the "trade" were too keen to flaunt their new wealth, often built on the back of trade in the colonies, including Indonesia.
For sheer extravagance perhaps very few can beat the eccentric fairytale castle built by Ludwig II in the second half of the 19th century before Germany became an entity separate. Drawing inspiration from the Teutonic tales of the Middle Ages, and the music of Wagner Neuschwanstein elements combining Romanesque, Gothic and Byzantine, all gathered on the crest of a cliff surely provide one of the most dramatic pieces of real estate in the world.
In England, Blenheim Palace is tenuous link with Indonesia. It is the stately home of the Duke of Marlborough, a name that comes back on the west coast of Sumatra Benteng Marlborough, a single relay for the East India Company, while there is some suggestion that the famous street that runs through the heart of Yogyakarta, Marliboro, is a local adaptation of the name.
thereBuilt more than 0 years, the house is now typical of 21st century mansions in England. It has a maze, playground and a butterfly house and the sumptuously appointed rooms and regular exhibitions and gardens; enough to keep people busy for a few hours after delivering their costs GBP 21 admission. And do not forget the cafes and restaurants!
Indonesia, on the other hand, has three palaces "national" (Istana Negara, Istana Bogor and Istana Cipanas), which are not always open to the public. The closest most people feeding deer through the fence outside Istana Bogor. And that's about it. The idea that an old building can be transformed into a beauty item that people would pay money to watch has yet to catch on, and the few that remain are jealously protected by their current owners.
first wealthy bourgeois what was known as Batavia were Dutch colonialists and moving beyond the city walls, one of the first places they settled on was what we now know that Jalan Pangeran Jayakarta. The southern movement took place as native wild animals and marauding gangs are made live too far from the walls of a dangerous option.
As the Company Dutch East Indies strengthened their hold on Batavia and trade, the area has been made safer however rich, abhorred by the waters of the stagnant canal in the center, away to find some peace and comfort. Areas like Jalan Gunung Sahari and Jalan Hayam Wuruk were regularly presented, there was a magazine Tatler as the 17th century.
Istana Negara by CW Meiling
Lapangan Banteng, once the political and military heart of Batavia, still has a few examples of his greatness once. The current Ministry of Finance building (construction started in 1809) was originally designed for the Governor General, while the wings were government officials. Nearby, the Supreme Court of Indonesia was built in 1848.
An English visitor, Charles Noble, reported in 1765: "The ground for about 10 or 12 miles around Batavia is pretty well grown . The gentlemen have their country houses, gardens and ponds after the Dutch fashion ". This suggests a world of peace and serenity, he would find difficult to meet today
An early French visitor in 1810, describes the area :. "This walk is one of the most beautiful that you see, all sides streets are adorned with beautiful palaces, residences of members of the Council of the Indies, the principal officers of the Company and the wealthiest merchants."
When Governor General von Imhoff built a palace in Bogor, it triggered a real estate boom as other senior officials and influencers follow his lead in the south, but the high cost lives sold and the idea of a seat the past heredity.
as foreigners, the Dutch are never likely to stay long and independence after World War hastened their departure. Jakarta historian, A. Heuken, wrote in his seminal "Historic Sites of Jakarta", "Many who are still in good condition before the Second World War were burned or destroyed in the turbulent years after 1945 to prevent former owners to return to their land. "
an example is worth considering. Pondok Gede, not far from the current airport Halim, was built in 1775 by a Dutch Protestant pastor. a long building with a huge roof, it was built in a mixture of Indonesian and Dutch styles. Its importance was recognized when it was protected by law, but this has not prevented a very family placed demolished in 190 and replaced by a supermarket.
When the rich once led, the rest still follow. the expansion of Jakarta south gate quickly, bringing endless building shopping center and housing estate, and the drive time to time to access these new areas. The new elites, the vegetable garden built their country retreats on the slopes of Puncak Gunung Salak and with an emphasis on practicality more ostentatious; high walls and barbed send a message to "move along, nothing to see here. The idea of cultivating gardens is ignored; weird when the fertility of the earth, particularly on the foothills south of Jakarta, is considered.
The popularity of a pretty garden is still there, witness the weekend and holiday crowds that fill the gardens in Bogor and Cibodas Merkasari, but with the current mantra of building, building, building we are some way from being offered a choice of spectacular gardens with a backdrop of an old beautiful house to enjoy.
In the absence of the real thing that we are relegated to take photographs of artificial floral arrangements set in lush environment, fake, fountains with trophy fish at Changi Airport and shopping centers.
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