Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #82913 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Review
An excellent overview of Asmara's colonial past, the ambitious building program of its Italian occupants, and its present condition.

Customer Reviews

Excellent for the arm chair traveler and history buff
I spent several years living with my family in Asmara as a young boy. Now as an adult I've been searching for a book that would allow my to do some arm chair traveling back to my former home. Mr. Denison's book allowed me to do that in both word and picture. The book is broken up into a general history section followed by detailed photos on the major architecture of Asmara in each of the significant eras, and offers both vintage and current photographs and design plans of the buildings in the city.

Asmara, Eritrea
Anyone who was in the Peace Corps in or near Asmara or stationed at Kagnew Station would appreciate this lovely book.

An authoritative work
A very important work that includes both the Eritrean history and the architectural mystique and prominence of this otherwise unknown city.

I applaud the authors for helping to preserve Eritrea's architectural treasures, which stand as a true gem compared with the rest of the African continent. Outlined in the book are those that were spared from the marauding British and greedy Ethiopian invaders and withstood decades of war.