Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Villa Isola

Villa Isola, Jalan Setia Budhi 229.
Constructed in 1933 as a private home for an Italian named D.W Baretty, the building was designed by CP Wolff-Schoemaker. Beretty was the owner of an international news agency that later became
Indonesia’s Antara News Agency. Isola refers to the isolation of the residence when it was built on the dirt road going north to Lembang and Tangkuban Perahu. It was beautifully designed and gorgeously landscape and remains the foremost Art Deco monument I Indonesia. It is currently used as the Rector’s Office for the state teachers college, UPI.







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