Tanjung Barat
Tandjong West (English: "West Cape"; Indonesian: "Tanjung Barat") was a ''Particuliere landerij, particuliere land'' or private domain in modern-day Tanjung Barat, Jagakarsa, South Jakarta, Indonesia. The center of the domain was the eponymous Landhuis Tandjong West, an eighteenth-century Dutch Indies country house, Dutch colonial manor house. History 18th-century Tandjong West was located on the west side of the upper Ciliwung (the vast area between Jalan Poltangan Raya, Jalan Raya Pasar Minggu, Jakarta Outer Ring Road and the Ciliwung). The first recorded owner of the estate was Jan Andries Duurkoop, who bought the estate from an anonymous previous owner between 1760 and 1780. At this time, Duurkoop commissioned Johannes Rach to make a drawing of Landhuis Tandjong West. The manor house features a 25 meter high tower gate in Baroque style. The country house features a vast garden and a main building. The main building consists of a main house flanked with detached smaller wings, ...
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