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    FIAT TAGLIERO SERVICE STATION

    Jul 22, 2020 2 minutes
    WORDS DELWYN MALLETT

    IT’S BEEN CALLED the most beautiful petrol station in the world. How many contestants are in this architectural beauty pageant is unclear, but there is no reason to question whether the Fiat Tagliero building in Asmara, Eritrea, is worthy of the accolade.

    The early years of the 20th Century were full of ‘isms’, from Cubism to Communism, and Italy produced two particular to itself:

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