Eritrea - Asmara, Africa's Most Beautiful City

Eritrea - Asmara, the capital of the small east African country of Eritrea, bordering the Red Sea, is referred by many expert travelers as the beautifulest city in Africa and is also home to one of the most important and exciting architectural 'discoveries' of recent years. Built almost entirely in the 1930s and early 40's by Italian and Eritrean workers, Asmara has one of the highest concentrations of modernist architecture anywhere in the world, and has evocatively been described as "the Miami of Africa." Desperate to build quickly, the colonial government of the time allowed radical architectural experimentation that would not have found favour in the more conservative European environment. Asmara therefore became one of the world's prime locations for architectural innovation during the Modern Movement. That this occurred at all is remarkable enough, but that these buildings should have survived in such numbers today makes it one of the finest modernist cities in the entire World.

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[killingmesoftly08]

Yes if you call continued colonialism beautiful, then capetown is the epitome of african beauty. But as for me I'd like to support a African country where the Africans aren't forced to live in slums with the "white south africans" overlooking them in their hilltop villas. I don't believe the natives should die mining diamonds. Why should they be subservient to the intruders.

Asmara doesn't have this--this was created for them and by them making it truly beautiful.

[blackfistj]

Amerikkka's "white media" will never show the TRUE AFRICA. They would rather show starving children with flies in their eyes! Africa has pleny of great countries!!!! (VIDEO PROOF)

[FrostbitexP]

@MessayJimma

what do you mean "you never do shit on your own"

hmmm?

[bd51963]

Contemporary African thriller - don't take this book on a safari holiday!

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[kassalawi39]

@MessayJimma yep! it might be built by Italians,but pridefully we kept and keeping it clean and beautiful as if its been built days ago,we got the ableness to build better if u leave us alone,and im confident enough to promise u that we will,the question is, would be able to keep ur big village(adissababa) the way eritreans did/do if it was built for u the way little Rome(asmera) did?just answer w/o dumbing and shiting,pls

[MessayJimma]

EVERTHING OLD AND BUILD BY ITALIAN.U NEVER DO SHIT IN UR OWN NOW.DO SOMETHING IN YOUR OWN AND PROUD IT DUMB ASSES LOL

[MessayJimma]

EVERTHING OLD AND BUILD BY ITALIAN.U NEVER DO SHIT IN UR OWN NOW.LOL

[BahreNeGash]

@killingmes

LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS. You may be justified to critic you Kentucky Fried Chicken, than a region 8000 miles away from your living room TV.

TO GIVE YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT,,,,,, MAN ORIGINATED IN THIS REGION".

This region & these people have 5000yrs old unadulterated history, culture & heritage than your USA, Europe or the whole Africa combined.

FYI: The city, ASMARA, meaning UNIFIED-VILL in local language was around for more than 4000yrs, before the Italian invasion

[TheNewnolimit]

@ilyxcutie haha u tell them

[TheNewnolimit]

@killingmesoftly08 haha nicely done !!

[thefutureisblueful]

the fifth most visited african nation.. ELELELELELELELELEELEE

[crystallove2010]

@blackfistj LMAO