Mogadishu: Images from the Past

Bimal elders on board the Marco Polo, in 1907

Posted in 1900 - 1918 by rickjdavies on 12 June, 2009

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Picture title: “Nel Benadir.-I capi indigeni Bimal a bordo della regia nave italiana Marco Polo (fot. invitaci da Mogadiscio)”

Italian Navy visit to Mogadishu in 1907

Posted in 1900 - 1918 by rickjdavies on 12 June, 2009

Scan10007Picture title: “Nel Benadir. – Rivista degli acari passata in Mogadiscio, in onoro degli ufficiali della regia nave Marco Polo“.

Fro an Italian newspaper dated 1907

Somalia Italiana: Mogadiscio

Posted in 1900 - 1918, Maps by rickjdavies on 1 June, 2009

pianta con piano regolatore, credo del 1915 del Gov.Gandolfi

Source website: http://digilander.libero.it/capurromrc/!07mogadiscio.html

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Djibouti – Poste de Police – Place Menelick

Posted in 1900 - 1918, Djibouti by rickjdavies on 16 April, 2009

scan10003Place Menelik, then (above) and now (below)


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Trasporti somali

Posted in 1900 - 1918 by rickjdavies on 30 December, 2008

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Somali playing draughts

Posted in 1900 - 1918 by rickjdavies on 30 December, 2008

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Mogadiscio – Pozzo e Moschea

Posted in 1900 - 1918, Wells by rickjdavies on 30 December, 2008

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“Mogadisco (Banadir) Veduta di Amuruini”

Posted in 1900 - 1918 by rickjdavies on 9 May, 2008

Postcard, circa 1905. The dark building in the middle of the photograph, but distant, may be the Sultan of Oman’s fort, known as the Garessa. The white building with 14 arches may what was called “La Governatore”, the centre of be the Italian colonial administration.