Asmara: an ideal modernist city
Share 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 its master plan was designed and the city constructed by Italian colonizers, it had been inhabited long before the advent of the Italians. Towns and trade centers have been significant features of the Eritrean society for a long time. The ancient port city of Adulis and Dibarwa, the political center of Bahri Negaasi, are just two examples. Archaeological research carried out in the Greater ...
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