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Africa
In a strange land

Chott el Jerid: the last refuge of the “desert fox”

The lines postreras the desert war between the Allies and the soldiers of Hitler and Mussolini are written in southern Tunisia 1943. Douz is the starting point for exploring the horizons of white salt lake of Chott el Jerid, the last refuge of Rommel.

byRicardo Coarasa

24 Oct., 2010

Africa
In a strange land

Axum: The ancient obelisk stolen by Mussolini

In northern Ethiopia, one of the poorest countries on earth, blanket the city of Axum, What bitter irony, one of the main treasures of humanity: three obelisks of the fourth century and countless monolithic stelae embers of a great empire and disappeared.

byRicardo Coarasa

8 April, 2010

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