Asmara Heritage Project: Documenting a Colonial Project that Became Eritrea's National Symbol

Asmara , the capital of Eritrea , sits at over 2,300 meters above sea level on a plateau at the edge of the Great Rift Valley escarpment. Although situated in a country not known for large visitor numbers, the city has gained fame for its unique architecture . In July 2017, it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site , inscribed as "Asmara: A Modernist African City," the first modernist urban site anywhere to be listed in its entirety, and Africa's first explicitly modernist World Heritage Site. Its