Asmara

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Asmara

1 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are in or near Asmara.

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UNESCO sites in Asmara

  • Asmara: A Modernist African CityCultural · 2017 · 1 km

    Located at over 2,000 m above sea level, the capital of Eritrea developed from the 1890s onwards as a military outpost for the Italian colonial power. After 1935, Asmara underwent a large scale programme of construction …

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1 World Heritage Sites are recognised near Asmara.
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Sources: Site list: UNESCO World Heritage List (CC BY-SA 4.0)