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Site du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO depuis 2017.<\/h6>\n

Asmara, la capitale de l\u2019\u00c9rythr\u00e9e, est reconnue mondialement comme la premi\u00e8re ville moderniste d\u2019Afrique. D\u00e9velopp\u00e9e sous la domination coloniale italienne (1910\u20131940), elle pr\u00e9sente un ensemble exceptionnel d\u2019architecture Art d\u00e9co, rationaliste, futuriste et Novecento, conserv\u00e9 dans son tissu urbain.<\/p>\n

Le centre historique d\u2019Asmara est une v\u00e9ritable capsule temporelle architecturale. Les urbanistes et architectes italiens, affranchis des normes conservatrices, ont con\u00e7u des projets modernistes audacieux\u2014terrasses \u00e9pur\u00e9es, ailes en porte-\u00e0-faux, g\u00e9om\u00e9tries affirm\u00e9es\u2014souvent en avance de plusieurs ann\u00e9es sur les tendances europ\u00e9ennes.<\/p>\n

Le b\u00e2timent Fiat Tagliero illustre l\u2019innovation futuriste avec ses ailes en b\u00e9ton de 15\u202fm\u00e8tres qui s\u2019\u00e9tendent telles celles d\u2019un avion, construit sans piliers de soutien sous la supervision d\u00e9termin\u00e9e de l\u2019ing\u00e9nieur Pettazzi. Non loin, le Cin\u00e9ma Impero demeure l\u2019un des plus beaux cin\u00e9mas Art d\u00e9co au monde, sa fa\u00e7ade illumin\u00e9e refl\u00e9tant l\u2019optimisme des ann\u00e9es 1930.<\/p>\n

Les \u00e9difices religieux, comme la cath\u00e9drale Enda Mariam et la Grande Mosqu\u00e9e, marient forme rationaliste europ\u00e9enne et contexte local\u2014fa\u00e7ades aust\u00e8res, d\u00f4mes \u00e9l\u00e9gants, tours g\u00e9om\u00e9triques\u2014et t\u00e9moignent d\u2019une vision civique impos\u00e9e durant la p\u00e9riode coloniale.<\/p>\n

Apr\u00e8s l\u2019inscription \u00e0 l\u2019UNESCO, les autorit\u00e9s locales et leurs partenaires internationaux ont lanc\u00e9 le Projet du Patrimoine d\u2019Asmara. Des outils d\u2019urbanisme, des formations et des restaurations cibl\u00e9es sont en cours afin de pr\u00e9server ce patrimoine architectural unique.<\/p>\n

Bien que la vie quotidienne se poursuive dans ces structures embl\u00e9matiques\u2014les cin\u00e9mas fonctionnent toujours, les mosqu\u00e9es et les \u00e9glises sont actives\u2014l\u2019isolement politique et les difficult\u00e9s \u00e9conomiques ont ralenti les efforts de restauration. Pourtant, Asmara reste une \u00ab utopie fig\u00e9e \u00bb, incarnant une rare coh\u00e9rence moderniste \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9chelle mondiale dans un contexte colonial.<\/p>\n

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Source<\/strong>: UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Wikipedia, Reuters\/Thomas Mukoya, The Guardian, New Yorker photo essay, Architectural Digest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Site du patrimoine mondial de l’UNESCO depuis 2017. Asmara, la capitale de l\u2019\u00c9rythr\u00e9e, est reconnue mondialement comme la premi\u00e8re ville moderniste d\u2019Afrique. D\u00e9velopp\u00e9e sous la domination coloniale italienne (1910\u20131940), elle pr\u00e9sente un ensemble exceptionnel d\u2019architecture Art d\u00e9co, rationaliste, futuriste et Novecento, conserv\u00e9 dans son tissu urbain. 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