Eritrea's futurist secret.(ARTS & CULTURE)

From: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) | Date: September 15, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: Peter Martell, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE

ASMARA, Eritrea - With soaring 60-foot-long concrete wings that mimic the shape of an airplane, the Fiat Tagliero garage, built in 1938 in the Eritrean capital, is one of the most unusual gas stations in the world.

Architectural critics hail the filling station as one of the most remarkable surviving examples of the futurist style.

In Asmara, however, it is only one of many extraordinary structures.

Frustrated avant-garde architects from architecturally conservative early-20th-century Europe used Asmara to experiment ...

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