Showing posts with label Eritrea; World Heritage Committee; World Heritage Site Designation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eritrea; World Heritage Committee; World Heritage Site Designation. Show all posts

Saturday, July 08, 2017

Eritrea's 'City Of Dreams' Given UNESCO Heritage Listing

Once known as "Little Rome", Eritrea's capital Asmara boasts buildings unlike anywhere else in Africa, a legacy of its Italian colonial past when architects were given free reign for structures judged too avant garde back home
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 bowling alley in Asmara, Eritrea's capital, has an art-deco style interior with coloured glass