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Former Banco d'Italia
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| Batse Island, Massawa, Eritrea
| Batse Island, Massawa, Eritrea
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Eritrea Massawa island 2016 1 Edificios turcos, egipcios, italianos Banco d´Italia derruidos guer
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The italian historic railway Asmara Massawa Eritrea: Nefasit village and back. Part 4 and last.
The life in the village of Nefasit and the retourn of the train back to Asmara
The town and port of massawa,Eritrea
Massawa (Tigrinya: ምጽዋዕ; Arabic: مصوع)[2] is a city on the Red Sea coast of Eritrea located at the northern end of the Gulf of Zula beside the Dahlak Archipelago. As a historical and important port for many centuries, it was ruled by a succession of polities, including the Axumite Empire, Medri Bahri Kingdom, the Umayyad Caliphate, various Beja sultanates, the Ottoman Empire, the Khedivate of Egypt, Italy, Britain, and Ethiopia, until Eritrea's independence in 1991. Massawa was the capital of the Italian Colony of Eritrea until it was moved to Asmara in 1897[3].Massawa was originally a small seaside village, lying in lands coextensive with the Kingdom of Axum in antiquity and overshadowed by the nearby port of Adulis about 50 kilometres (31 mi) to the south.[4]
The city reportedly has the oldest mosque in Africa, that is the Mosque of the Companions (Arabic: م, translit. Masjid aṣ-Ṣaḥābah). It was reportedly built by companions of Muhammad who escaped persecution by Meccans.[5] Following the fall of Axum in the 8th century, the area around Massawa and the town itself became occupied by the Umayyad Caliphate from 702 to 750 CE. The Beja people would also come to rule within Massawa during the Beja Kingdom of Eritrea from the year 740 to the 14th century. Massawa was sited between the sultanates of Qata, Baqulin, and Dahlak. Midri-Bahri, an Eritrean kingdom (14th–19th centuries), gained leverage at various times and ruled over Massawa. The port city would also come under the supreme control of the Balaw people (people of Arab descent), during the Balaw Kingdom of Eritrea (12th–15th centuries). At this time, the Sheikh Hanafi Mosque, one of the country's oldest mosque, was built on Massawa Island, along with several other works of early Islamic architecture both in and around Massawa (including the Dahlak Archipelago and the Zula peninsula).
The port was a major site for the Arab slave trade and Venetian merchants were said to have lived in Massawa and nearby Suakin in the 15th century
Transportation
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Massawa is home to a naval base and large dhow docks. It also has a station on the railway line to Asmara. Ferries sail to the Dahlak Islands and the nearby Sheikh Saeed Island, aka Green Island.
In addition, the city's air transportation needs are served by the Massawa International Airport.
Modern housing complex in Massawa
Main sights
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Notable buildings in the city include the shrine of Sahaba,[13] as well as the 15th century Sheikh Hanafi Mosque and various houses of coral. Many Ottoman buildings survive, such as the local bazaar. Later buildings include the Imperial Palace, built in 1872 to 1874 for Werner Munzinger; St. Mary's Cathedral; and the 1920s Banco d'Italia. The Eritrean War of Independence is commemorated in a memorial of three tanks in the middle of Massawa.
Economy:
Massawa is the next burgeoning tourist and industrial area in Eritrea. At a glance it is still under heavy construction but potentially the many manufacturing sites and businesses will recreate a newly major maritime city in the much-needed newly conflicted waters of the Horn of Africa.
Twice in history Eritrea was known for having the fastest growing GDP in Africa both in the 1940’s and between 1994-1997 (before the border dispute with Ethiopia). Alongside this is it’s recent climb to re-rebuild its small-scale economy.
In 2011 the excavation of mineral resources and extraction of its first gold deposits is now once again bringing Eritrea and it’s economic development potential back into the spotlight.
There are several potential opportunities to grow the economy in Massawa with these public-private investments.
A Free Trade Zone Authority has been established and its construction activities in the port of Massawa have already begun. Twelve companies including China, Italy, Israel, India, Djibouti, Sudan and Dubai have registered to use the free port.
Massawa is home to (thanks to tons of seawater) a salt factory, which imports and exports salt locally. Fisheries are also a main export item to neighboring countries.
Amazing still is the Old Italian cement factory, which despite rumors is still functioning! Like most of the old Italian infrastructure (including the ever popular old Italian railway) this cement factory is withstanding at least seven decades of operations. In addition to this cement factory there is now a second factory being built called Ghedem cement. It is still under construction and is a joint venture between Eritrean and Chinese construction companies.
Eritrea De Asmara a Keren Small village Pueblo 2016
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Eritrea De Massawa a Asmara Vistas montañas Road Views of the mountains 2016
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Debre Bizen Monastery Eritrea
Italian Locomotive Project in Eritrea
Italian senator Aldo di Biagio is behind a very interesting project in Eritrea. So far he was very successful to get a full funding from the Italian gov't to the restoration and preservation of the first 4 out of the eleven existing rare and historic 19 century steam locomotives in Eritrea to their original form. This is a great gift from Italy to Eritrea and will contribute boosting Eritrea's tourism sector as its railway system is one of the few functional and still existing steam locomotive in the whole world.(Video courtesy of Senator Aldo di Biagio)
Eritrea Massawa Heavy Rain Flooding Damage - ERi-TV
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The italian historic railway Asmara Massawa Eritrea Part 2
with a short interview to the eritrean man, 84 years old, who reactived the rail, reparing the train.
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Housing Project Kehawta, Asmara Dec. 2016
Housing Progect Kehawta, Asmara
Eritrea Massawa island 2016 2 Narrado, peña durmiendo Ruinas por la guerra Edificios turcos
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Gash Barka- Infrastructure development over the past 20 years 1 of 2
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Massawa new housing 2015
Massawa new housing oct 2015
Road To Massawa
Eritrea 2004....Biketrip from Asmara to Massawa...Just downhill biking, we came back by truck :)
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Eritrean New Houses Construction in Massawa - Eritrea
- Eritrean New Houses Construction in Massawa - Eritrea.
Eritrea - First Freight for 38 years, Double Headed
Mallet locomotives 442-54 and 442-55 arrive at Asmara late in the evening and request entry into the yard, with the first real freight train in Eritrea for 38 years, 5/12/2010.The containers were carrying machine tools donated by the Danish State Railways for use in the Eritrean Railways workshop at Asmara.
