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The trade between Italy and Eritrea was attractive because of the mutual interests in its consolidation. Italy would have been able to access Eritrean commodities such as salt and fish, bananas, mangoes, oranges and have access to and control of the sea, while Eritrea would have found a stable trading partner unlike its neighbouring states. [14]
Italy has had a connection with Eritrea since the acquisition of Assab in 1869 by Raffaele Rubattino. [3] Eritrea officially became an Italian colony in 1889. [4] Prior to the racial laws of Fascist Italy, mixed race children of Italian fathers and Eritrean mothers were entitled to Italian citizenship, as long as they were legally recognized by their fathers. [5]
The railway station of Asmara in 1938, with passengers boarding a Littorina Map showing in red the new roads (like the "Imperial road", and those in construction in 1941) created by the Italians in Eritrea and AOI Fiat Tagliero Building, Gas Station in Art deco style of Italian Asmara Church of Our Lady of the Rosary in Asmara, built in 1923 Governor's Palace, built in 1940 (current ...
Italian East Africa (Italian: Africa Orientale Italiana, AOI) [3] was an Italian colony in the Horn of Africa.It was formed in 1936 after the Second Italo-Ethiopian War through the merger of Italian Somaliland, Italian Eritrea, and the newly occupied Ethiopian Empire.
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Numerous industrial investments were done by the Italians in the area of Asmara and Massawa, but the beginning of World War II put a halt to the Italian industrialization of Eritrea. [17] Map of the Africa Orientale Italiana: the biggest extension of Eritrea was reached during the Italian empire (1936–1941), when northern parts of conquered ...
The Italian Eritreans strongly rejected the Ethiopian annexation of Eritrea after the war: the Party of Shara Italy of Dr. Vincenzo Di Meglio was established in Asmara in July 1947, and majority of the members were former Italian soldiers and many Eritrean Ascari (the organization was backed up by the government of Italy). This party ruled by ...
Italian Eritrea, 1922. Enlargement and transformation of Italian Eritrea into Eritrea Governorate of the Italian East Africa, 1936–1941. This article lists the colonial governors of Italian Eritrea from 1890 to 1941. They administered the territory on behalf of the Kingdom of Italy.