Asmara is known for unique architecture

> Eritrean capital Asmara is known for its unique architecture.

> The city boasts an art-deco bowling alley and a petrol station which resembles a soaring aeroplane.

> A former Italian colony, most of the designs in Asmara date back to the rule of Benito Mussolini from 1936 to 1941.

> In the past the city was known as ‘Piccola Roma’, or ‘Little Rome’.

> Cash shortage hampers efforts to restore marble facades and Roman-style pillars of theatres and cinemas.