A Commercial Street With The Once Famous Grundig Brand, Asmara

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Asmara (meaning "The four made them unite" in Tigrinya), is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea. With a population of around 650,000 inhabitants, it sits at an elevation of 2,325 metres. The city is located at the tip of an escarpment that is both the northwestern edge of the Eritrean highlands and the Great Rift Valley in neighbouring Ethiopia. Asmara is famous for its well-preserved colonial Italian Art Deco modernist architecture, its lively downtown markets, and the combination of its Christian and Islamic cultures. Shops in downtown Asmara have signs of brands from the past, such as Grundig, a famous German home electronics brand in the 20th Century.

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Size: 6506px × 4541px
Location: Asmara, Eritrea
Photo credit: © François-Olivier Dommergues / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: africa, asmara, eritrea, grundig, shop, sign, street