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Eritrea

State of Eritrea

CapitalAsmara
RegionEastern Africa
CurrencyERN
Official languagesArabic, English, Tigrinya
Access to the seaYes
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Asmara

Fiat Tagliero Building

Fiat Tagliero Building
Eritrea · City or town

Asmara

Asmara is an Eritrean capital whose history can be read in its avenues, neighbourhoods and modern buildings from the 1930s and 1940s. Given the travel conditions described in the sources, postpone tourism plans for now.

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Fiat Tagliero Building
Eritrea · Place of interest

Fiat Tagliero Building

The former Fiat Tagliero building offers a starting point for considering how ideas of speed, technology and power took shape in Asmara during Italian colonial rule. Its significance comes into focus when set against the city’s streets and other buildings, without separating the architecture from its history.

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A traveller consults a map as a way to locate Eritrea. Practical guides

Eritrea’s East African setting, Asmara and the nakfa

Asmara, the nakfa and three official languages offer some initial reference points for locating Eritrea. The information available is not enough to plan a visit.

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Eritrea calls for tourism plans to be postponed for now

Movement restrictions, regional tensions and limited consular assistance make Eritrea an unreasonable tourism destination to plan for at present.

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Exterior detail of rationalist architecture in Asmara. Culture

Asmara’s Modern Heritage and What to Check Before Travelling

In Asmara, the best visit is not about collecting rationalist façades, but about comparing streets, uses and neighbourhoods. First, however, there is one decisive practical question: whether entry requirements, connectivity and mobility conditions allow for a responsible trip.

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