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Asmara (Asmera)
Agordat (Akordat)
Assab (Asseb)
Barentu
Dahlak islands
Dekemhare (Decemhare)
Ghinda (Ginda)
Keren (Cheren)
Massawa (Massauwa)
Mendefera (Adi Ugri)
Nakfa (Nacfa)
Semenawi Bahri (Filfil)
Tessenei (Teseney)

 

Massawa island Batse (2)

 

Downtown Massawa the violent past becomes unavoidable. From February 1990 until the country's liberation in May '91, Massawa underwent extensive shelling and bombing by the Ethiopian forces.

Traditional Massawa housing damaged in the war of liberation.

Revival of Turkish architecture in the oldest part of Massawa.

Revival of Turkish architecture in the oldest part of Massawa.

Turkish architecture in the oldest part of Massawa.

Iman Hanbeli Mosque - Batse island of Massawa.

Turkish architecture - Central square Batse island of Massawa.

Little bar at the Batse island of Massawa.

Massawa (1995) - color etching 40 x 50 cm
 Artist impression of Massawa (Rolf Weijburg)

From "L'Afrique Périhérique - an atlas of the islands around Africa"
(Rolf Weijburg). 144 pages in color. 88 etchings on most islands
around Africa and lots of personal impressions (among others
Eritrea, Massawa and Dahlak), photo's, etchings and drawings.

Artist impression of one of the Massawa
palaces ( painting: Anton Scholtz - 1972 )

 

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