Asmara, at an altitude of 2325 meters above sea level, and its modernist architecture have received worldwide recognition, especially after it was included in the UNESCO world heritage list. Although ...

ON A dusty road leading travellers out of the southern outskirts of Asmara stands a small service station. Once owned by AGIP, an Italian petrol company, it was for decades the last place to fill up ...

Asmara — Lonely Planet website placed Asmara city which is rich in classic Art deco among the 10 cities in the world are attracts-attractions. In the list, the German city of Berlin built in the ...

World Bank building, Asmara (all images, courtesy of the author) Asmara is itself a giant monument to colonial folly. When it comes to architecture, the Italians simply lost their heads. —Michela ...

WARSAW: The people of Eritrea have long said their capital Asmara is like no other city in Africa, and on Saturday the UN agreed, designating it a World Heritage site. The proclamation ends a ...

Asmara is one of the oldest cities of Eritrea designed by the Italians. The foundations of the city are believed to have been built some 700 years ago. It became an experimental space for architects ...

Asmara, capital city of Eritrea, 2015. The dateline is a reluctant concession to the tropes of journalism. Time, more than one Asmarino tells me, means nothing in Eritrea. 2. The art of the car crash ...