Asmara is Africa’s stunning new UNESCO World Heritage Site BY AMBESSAW ASSEGUED | ADDIS FORTUNE The old guard, now in their sixties and seventies, lumber into the lobby of the Embasoira Hotel in Asmera to meet and chat. Some are educated in selective universities like the University of Michigan and UC Berkeley. They are men […]
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BY BILLION TEMESGHEN | SHABAIT With Asmara being registered in the UNESCO World Heritage List, the attention invested in the city is growing by the day. The administration of the city, professionals of all fields from Eritrea and abroad, journalists, historians, architects, artists and tourists are opening their eyes to see what this historic city […]
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Asmara is the first modernist city in the world to be listed in its entirety. BY OLIVER WAIWRIGHT | THE GUARDIAN Standing as a startling collection of futuristic Italian architecture from the 1930s, perched on a desert mountaintop high above the Red Sea, the Eritrean capital of Asmara has been listed as a UNESCO World […]
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BY SHABAIT Asmara Art Deco Exhibition was recently staged in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. Mr. Saleh Omar, the Eritrean Ambassador to South Africa and the Southern African region opened the exhibition featuring photo and video images. The Eritrean Embassy in South Africa indicated that the exhibition is being staged under the theme […]
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By The EU Delegation in Eritrea, History will be revived in Asmara, Africa’s modernist city; one of the astonishing, cutting edge architecture and art avenues cities. The European Union will contribute supporting the conservation of Asmara’s unique cultural and architectural heritage. In the framework of the EU programme for Local Authorities, the EU Delegation to […]
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