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(DW) Africa's newest World Heritage sites

Posted by: Semere Asmelash

Date: Friday, 15 June 2018

AFRICA  DATE 15.06.2018

Africa's newest World Heritage sites

UNESCO will decide in early July which new natural and cultural sites will be awarded World Heritage status. Two sites in Africa are among the nominees. DW introduces Africa's newcomers of recent years.
Asmara (photo: DW/Y.Tegenewerk)































Eritrea's capital Asmara

Asmara is located on a high plateau, more than 2,000 meters above sea level. Eritrea was an Italian colony from 1890 to 1941. Asmara initially served as an outpost for the Italians and was later expanded by the fascist Mussolini government.

Eritrean Catholic church of Our Lady of the Rosary (photo: DW/Y.Tegenewerk)

































Colonial legacy

Parts of the city, particularly those which emerged under Italian control starting in 1893, have World Heritage status. Government and residential buildings, cinemas, mosques, synagogues and the Eritrean Catholic church of "Our Lady of the Rosary" (pictured here) are included. The indigenous quarters of Arbate Asmera and Abbashawel are also World Heritage sites.

Art Deco building in Asmara (photo: picture alliance/robertharding)


































'Africa's modernist city'

Buildings such as this commercial Art Deco building were also a deciding factor for UNESCO in 2017. The World Heritage commission described Asmara as an "exceptional example of early modernist urbanism at the beginning of the 20th century and its application in an African context."

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