Mogadishu: Images from the Past

Map of Somalia coast circa 1750

rickjdavies — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:14:43 +0000

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Filed under: Maps, Pre-1800

Mogadishu: Inside the old port

rickjdavies — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:01:41 +0000

See the port entrance gates to the middle left and the “binoculars” to their right. Both can be seen in seperate photos: Somalia – Mogadiscio – L’ingresso all Doganaand Mogadiscio – Piazza 21 April

Filed under: 1900 - 1960 Italian Period, Govt buildings

Somalia – Mogadiscio – L’ingresso all Dogana

rickjdavies — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:52:46 +0000

This gateway is visible in another photo below (Mogadiscio – Piazza 21 April) and can be found on Google Maps around here:

Filed under: 1900 - 1918, 1900 - 1960 Italian Period, Govt buildings

Mogadiscio – Villini Incis

rickjdavies — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 10:47:43 +0000

Location unknown. If you have any ideas, please post a Comment below

Filed under: 1900 - 1960 Italian Period, 1918 - 1940, Govt buildings

Mogadiscio – Piazza 21 April

rickjdavies — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:30:19 +0000

Still intact in the 1980′s and known then to expatriates in Mogadishu as “the binoculars”

The entrance to the old port is visible on the left. The sea is in the distance.

Location on Google Maps

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Filed under: 1950s, Monuments, Uncategorized

Somalia – Mogadiscio – Casa Muddafer

rickjdavies — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:49:47 +0000

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Filed under: Uncategorized

Mogadishu – Scogliera

rickjdavies — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:30:55 +0000

Filed under: 1950s

Somalia – Mogadiscio – La Sede dell’Intendenza

rickjdavies — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 18:22:35 +0000

Google translation: La Sede dell’Intendenza = The Office of Stewardship

Posted circa 1930. Location unknown.

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Filed under: 1930s

Mogadishu Lighthouse, 1912

rickjdavies — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 23:02:04 +0000

From http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/som.htm

ETH Zurich Creative Commons image

Merca lighthouse, date unknown
Merka Range Rear Light
postcard image courtesy of Michel Forand
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/som.htm

Filed under: 1900 - 1918, Govt buildings, Marka

A Somali village

rickjdavies — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 12:47:42 +0000

Page 80, The Graphic, July 26, 1884

One of three engravings colelctively titled “Territory Recently Occupied by Our Troops in East Africa”

Click twice on the image to get a very detailed view

The location as shown by Google Maps

Filed under: 1800 - 1900, Berbera