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The Cinema Roma was built in 1937 as the Cinema Excelsior. The facade is decorated with precious marble. It was re-named Cinema Roma during the Italian fascist occupation. In 2005 it was restored to its original 1940’s appearance. — Plate 1The Cinema Roma was built in 1937 as the Cinema Excelsior. The facade is decorated with precious marble. It was re-named Cinema Roma during the Italian fascist occupation. In 2005 it was restored to its original 1940’s appearance.
Clay Gilliland from Chandler, U.S.A. · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
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The Cinema Roma was built in 1937 as the Cinema Excelsior. The facade is decorated with precious marble. It was re-named Cinema Roma during the Italian fascist occupation. In 2005 it was restored to its original 1940’s appearance. — The Cinema Roma was built in 1937 as the Cinema Excelsior. The facade is decorated with precious marble. It was re-named Cinema Roma during the Italian fascist occupation. In 2005 it was restored to its original 1940’s appearance.Clay Gilliland from Chandler, U.S.A. · CC BY-SA 2.0 · via Wikimedia CommonsRightsCC BY-SA 2.0, as stated on the file's Wikimedia Commons record (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0).
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Cinema Roma, Asmara

1937 · Asmara · Maekel · Eritrea

Modern · architecture

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Cinema Roma in Asmara, a rationalist cinema of the late 1930s with a marble-faced facade and a preserved period auditorium and cafe.

Place: Asmara · Maekel · Eritrea
Date: 1937
Structure or site: Architecture & ruins
Holding: Wikimedia Commons

Sources

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Wikimedia Commons category — Cinema Roma (Asmara) catalogue
Wikimedia Commons — Cinema Roma, Asmara, Eritrea photograph
Flickr — original photo page (Clay Gilliland from Chandler, U.S.A., CC BY-SA 2.0) photograph
Wikimedia Commons — Asmara, cinema roma, 01 photograph
UNESCO World Heritage listing — Asmara: A Modernist African City heritage_listing

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