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Asmara’s Fiat Tagliero service station:a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 18
United Kingdom Architecture News - Apr 20, 2015 - 11:43 6383 views
The service station brought engineer Odoardo Cavagnari’s vision of a modern Italy to East Africa. Photograph:Edward Denison
Mussolini’s Italy brought death from the skies to East Africa in the 1930s – but left behind a striking futurist building in the Eritrean capital.In 1935, the Italian air force launched chemical attacks on Ethiopian villages in the second act of a 40-year campaign to establish their Africa Orientale Italiana (Italian East Africa)......Continue Reading
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