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UNESCO Workshop on Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage Held in Eritrea

March 8, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY UNESCO On 19 February 2018, UNESCO joined the Commission of Culture and Sports of Eritrea and high-level government officials and community representatives to open a two-week workshop through 28 February as part of the UNESCO project: ‘Strengthening the capacities of Eritrea for implementing the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage’, which is […]

Making the UNESCO Heritage Site Asmara, a Locus of the Past for Future Generations

January 31, 2018January 31, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

Asmara’s skyline height is fixed and the landmarks that make Asmara exceptional should not be blocked by contemporary buildings. It might simply ruin the overall expression of the city. BY BILLION TEMESGHEN | ERITREA PROFILE Asmara is literally one of the rarest picturesque cities in the world. Its constriction which roughly dates back to the late […]

Miami Beach and Asmara: Sister Cities

October 16, 2017October 17, 2017TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

City of Miami Beach and Asmara on the road to become sister cities BY HURUY TECLE | KEMEY.NET In 2017, Eritrean Americans in the USA have conducted several successful events. One of them was, The Asmara World Heritage Exhibition that opened up on September 27, 2017 at the Art Deco Museum in Miami Beach. The […]

One of Africa’s Best Kept Secrets – its history

July 3, 2017TesfaNews7 Comments

BY ZEINAB BADAWI | BBC NEWS Africa has a rich and complex history but there is widespread ignorance of this heritage. A celebrated British historian once said there was only the history of Europeans in Africa. Zeinab Badawi has been asking what is behind this lack of knowledge and looking at the historical record for […]

Efforts to Register Asmara in World Heritage

October 31, 2016TesfaNews8 Comments

By Shabait, Efforts exerted to register the historic and ancient Art Deco buildings of Asmara City in UNESCO World Heritage list is making remarkable progress, stated Eng. Medhanie Teklemariam, Co-ordinator of Asmara Heritage Project in the Central region.

Eritrea’s Capital Asmara Hopes for Tourists

August 18, 2016TesfaNews7 Comments

By Deutsche Welle (DW), Eritrea, a country in East Africa, hopes to attract tourists in the future. The potential is huge – given Eritrea’s long Red Sea coast, and of course, the unique colonial architecture of the capital Asmara, which could soon be declared a UNESCO world heritage site.

Little Rome: Eritrea’s Capital Asmara Seeks UNESCO Heritage Recognition

March 9, 2016March 9, 2016TesfaNews38 Comments

By Edmund Blair | for Reuters, In an often forgotten corner of the Horn of Africa, Eritrea’s capital boasts one of the world’s finest collections of early 20th century architecture and the authorities want it declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. When Italy’s colonial experiment in Eritrea ended in 1941, it left behind an array […]