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Asmara, la piscina italiana, anni '50, 01 — Plate 1Asmara, la piscina italiana, anni '50, 01
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Municipal Swimming Pool, Asmara

20th century · Asmara · Maekel · Eritrea

Modern · architecture

What the record shows

The municipal swimming pool of Asmara, an Italian-period rationalist sports building with its stepped diving tower.

Place: Asmara · Maekel · Eritrea
Date: 20th century
Structure or site: Architecture & ruins
Holding: Wikimedia Commons

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Catalogue details and identifications are retained with their source.

Wikimedia Commons category — Asmara Swimming Pool catalogue
Wikimedia Commons — Asmara, la piscina italiana, anni '50, 01 photograph
Wikimedia Commons — Asmara, la piscina italiana, anni '50, 02 photograph
UNESCO World Heritage listing — Asmara: A Modernist African City heritage_listing

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