Asmara

'Clockwise from top:
Cityscape, Sunset view over Asmara, Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Fiat Tagliero Building sign, 23d ISCOE East Africa conference in Asmara 2019
Asmara in 1935
Map of Italian Asmara in 1929
National Museum of Eritrea
Tour of Eritrea cycling competition in Asmara

The cafe & bar at the old Cinema Roma
A typical cafe in Asmara selling panettone
A vintage Gaggia espresso machine in a bar in Eritrea. Vintage Italian machinery is common in most Asmara cafes.

Some buildings included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site list for Asmara:

Teatro d'Opera, the opera house of Asmara.
A building at the University of Asmara.
Villa Roma, Italian embassy.
The Fiat Tagliero Building.
Hotel Albergo Italia, built 1889. The hotel is one of the oldest hotels in Asmara
The African pension.
Interior of Asmara post office.
The Embasoira built 1919 (Old Imperial hotel), celebrated 100 years in 2019.
The Casa degli Italiani restaurant.
The railway station in Asmara.
An old house in the European quarter.
Bar Zilli, architecturally modeled in accordance with the Art Deco movement in the 1930s.

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