Welcome to Ciao Asmara

Discover the modernist architecture and layered history of Asmara, Eritrea’s capital and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Architecture

Explore Asmara’s preserved Art Deco and Modernist architecture.

Fiat Tagliero, design sketch by Giuseppe Pettazzi.

Asmara in Pictures

Take a visual journey through Asmara’s streets and neighbourhoods.

Central Asmara (Source: Wikipedia).

Days Gone By

Revisit the golden era of a city where lasting memories were made.

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Asmara Through Time

Asmara: from a highland settlement to a remarkable modernist city.

Asmara, c. 1935 (Source: National Geographic).