Katedra św. Józefa w Asmarze in Asmara

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  Selam Weldu

  :: 08 July 2018 18:08:16

  The eye of Asmara cathedral the most clean and beautiful city

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  TimYeh

  :: 06 July 2018 01:15:43

  Icon of the city! What's Asmara without this majestic Cathedral 😇 I used to watch the big clock from our garden! And dearly miss the sound of the bells. Well, there's no comment about the beauty and design of it, thanks to the Italians ;-)

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  giuseppe scolaro

  :: 13 May 2018 18:56:38

  Ci sono stato ad agosto del 2017 asmara e molto particolare gente fantastica

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  J. Michael Seyfert

  :: 22 April 2018 01:27:19

  Your every day world-renowned immaculate wake-up call.

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  Andrea Senatore

  :: 06 December 2017 12:19:13

  This Cathedral was built in year 1923 by the Italian architect Oreste Scanavini. He chose a nice romanic style with red exposed bricks. The bell tower is 52 meters high and it houses 8 bells which were forged with the bronze of 1st World War Austrian cannons. Even if it is just 1 century old, this building owns some remarkable art pieces, i.e. the bronze statue of Michael Archangel or, most of all, the XVII Century altarpiece which represents the assumption of the Virgin Mary, painted by the roman artist Carlo Maratta (1625-1713). This artwork was a gift from the 3rd king of Italy, Vittorio Emanuele III, and it's probably the only concrete art witness of European Baroque age you may find in the whole African continent.