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Arco di Trionfo Popolare (Mogadishu)

Somalia / Banadir / Mogadishu / Via Maka al Mukarama
 arch, monument

This is a commemorative gateway arch which spans the Via Maka-al-Mukara.
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Coordinates:   2°1'53"N   45°18'40"E

Comments

  • one of typical arches I think. something like this one: http://www.swan.ac.uk/cds/rd/images/Arch1b.jpg or this one http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/811/80543737wn6.jpg I remember the photo with holes aftre the strong firefight between US and somali at that place
  • Actually this is an arch de triumph at the M4 circle. Made a good checkpoint though for the Packistani's housed in the building to the right. 11/1993 from the Hotel Al Sahafi.
  • This arch was built by the Italians during their colonial legacy of Italian East Africa and the inscription reads: "Arco Del Trionfo Popolare" (Arch Of The Peoples Triumph).Sadly,it has been neglected and war-torn for decades and now is in severe ruin,like most,if not all of the colonial era buildings in Mogadiscio.Actually,the seaside city was quite beautiful and dubbed: "The Florence Of Africa"in the 60's.
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