Mussolini’s Italy brought death from the skies to East Africa in the 1930s – but left behind a striking futurist building in the Eritrean capital In 1935, the Italian air force launched chemical ...

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Asmara, the capital city of Eritrea, was an Italian colony between 1890 and 1941. The city was populated by a large Italian community (53,000 of 98,000 inhabitants in 1939), so the architecture is a ...

Introduction / Peter Volgger -- Photo essay : colonial mirrors / Jean Robert. -- part I: Colonial origin. 1st chapter: Colonialism and modernity. Is modern architecture good? / Kathleen ...

Eritrea's capital Asmara is home to one of the world's best collections of futurist architecture. The is bidding to become the nation's first UNESCO World Heritage site. Once a sleepy corner of the ...

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The newly listed Eritrean capital features outstanding examples of experimental building design from the early 20th century Standing as a startling collection of futuristic Italian architecture from ...

Asmara (Agenzia Fides) - The Italian school of Asmara has closed its doors. Born in 1903, it survived the period of colonialism, the British protectorate, the period of the Negus, that of the ...