Record No.
MRB-2026-006937
World's Best-Preserved Modernist Architecture City
Architecture & Structures
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Record Holder
Asmara
Eritrea
Category
Architecture & Structures
Country
Eritrea
(
ER )
Achievement Date
08 July 2017
Verification Status
Reference
Record Description
Asmara was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its extraordinary concentration of 1930s Italian Art Deco and Modernist buildings, earning it the nickname "Africa's Rome."
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