Eritrea
Maekel Region
South Eastern subregion

Cinema Asmara

Asmara Theatre, also known as Asmara Opera, is a theatre in , . It was constructed in 1918 following a design by the Italian engineer Odoardo Cavagnari, with later renovations in 1936.
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  • Type: Movie theater
  • Description: theater and cinema in Asmara, Eritrea
  • Also known as: “Asmara Cinema-Teatro”, “Asmara Opera”, “Asmara Theatre”, and “Opera House, Asmara”
  • Address: شارع الحرية, أسمرة

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ministry of Education and Saint Joseph’s Cathedral.

Government office
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is a government office.

Church
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Church of Our Lady of the Rosary, Asmara is a Catholic church built in the early 1920s in , when the city was the capital of Italian Eritrea. is situated 280 metres east of Cinema Asmara.

Movie theater
Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a movie theater, which is situated 150 metres southwest of Cinema Asmara.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Asmara.

Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The capital of is a vibrant mix of Italian and African architecture and culture. It is by far the biggest and most important city of Eritrea and not just the administration center of the country but also the cultural center and the place where every tourist will arrive to the country.

Cinema Asmara

Latitude
15.33585° or 15° 20′ 9″ north
Longitude
38.93543° or 38° 56′ 8″ east
Open location code
7G7W8WPP+85
Open­Street­Map ID
way 278139097
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­cinema
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1652119
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Cinema Asmara” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دار أوبرا أسمرة”
  • Arabic: “سينما أسمرة”
  • Dutch: “Asmara’s Opera”
  • French: “Asmara Cinema-Teatro”
  • German: “Opernhaus Asmara”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Asmara Cinema-Teatro”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Asmara Opera”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Opera House, Asmara”
  • Italian: “Teatro di Asmara”
  • Romanian: “Opera din Asmara”
  • Russian: “Театр Асмэры”
  • Spanish: “Asmara Cinema-Teatro”
  • Swedish: “Asmara teater”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Salam Polyclinic and Abel’s home.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Cinema Asmara”. Photo: Sailko, CC BY-SA 3.0.