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The Asmara President's Office is the building, in Italian neoclassical style, where the President of Eritrea lives and rules the country. It has some resemblance with the White House of Washington, D.C.. == History == The former Italian government's palace was built in 1897 by Ferdinando Martini, the first Italian governor of Eritrea. The Italian government wanted to create in Asmara an impressive building, from where the Italian Governors could show the dedication of the Kingdom of Italy to the "colonia primogenita" (first daughter-colony) as was called Eritrea.〔Ferdinando Martini.''RELAZIONE SULLA COLONIA ERITREA'' - Atti Parlamentari - Legislatura XXI - Seconda Sessione 1902 - Documento N. XVI -Tipografia della Camera dei Deputati. Roma, 1902〕 During the Italian Empire the building was improved as the center of the "Governatorato dell'Eritrea" and was used as a temporary residence by the King of Italy / Emperor of Ethiopia Victor Emmanuel III. It was heavily damaged during World War II and converted into a National Museum by the Ethiopian authorities in the 1950s. Today, it is the office of the President of Eritrea, Isaias Afewerki. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Asmara President's Office」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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