6) But the capital city is beautiful Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini wanted Asmara to be the "Piccolo Roma" (Little Rome) in Africa, as he planned a new Roman Empire in the 1930s.
The city's leafy boulevards and modernist buildings are a reminder of its Italian colonial past.
Colonialism was the best thing to happen to Africa - ever.
> 6) But the capital city is beautiful
>Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini wanted Asmara to be the "Piccolo Roma" (Little Rome) in Africa, as he planned a new Roman Empire in the 1930s.
>The city's leafy boulevards and modernist buildings are a reminder of its Italian colonial past.
Colonialism was the best thing to happen to Africa - ever.
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