A Savoia-Marchetti 74 of Ala Littoria in Petrella airport
The Petrella Airport (officially called "Aeroporto di Mogadiscio-Petrella") was the first international airport in Italian Somalia. It was opened in 1928 -just 3 miles south of Mogadishu- with the name "Enrico Petrella" in honor of an Italian pilot who died a few years before in the same airport of Italian Mogadiscio (in 1921, when was a simple airstrip runway). In 1941 the airport was partially destroyed during WW2 and remained inactive for some years as a civilian airport: only military airplanes used it. In 1950 was reopened as a civilian airport by the Italian authorities of the ONU Fiduciary Mandate.
The PetrellaAirport (officially called "Aeroporto di Mogadiscio-Petrella") was the first international airport in Italian Somalia. It was opened in 1928...
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Mogadishu on the Indian Ocean, with access to both the harbour and Petrellaairport. It was originally a large, squarish stucco building with a tiled roof...
fishing. The port of Benghazi was enlarged and a modern Hospital. Also a new airport was built nearby was created. In 1934, Italian Cyrenaica and Italian Tripolitania...
History of Italian colonial railways Castel Benito Aeroporto PetrellaAirport Otumlo airport Political concepts Greater Italy Mare Nostrum New Roman Empire...
History of Italian colonial railways Castel Benito Aeroporto PetrellaAirport Otumlo airport Political concepts Greater Italy Mare Nostrum New Roman Empire...
History of Italian colonial railways Castel Benito Aeroporto PetrellaAirport Otumlo airport Political concepts Greater Italy Mare Nostrum New Roman Empire...
History of Italian colonial railways Castel Benito Aeroporto PetrellaAirport Otumlo airport Political concepts Greater Italy Mare Nostrum New Roman Empire...
automobilistici (Citao)" (Mechanic & Transport industry). Italians even created new airports and in 1936 started the Linea dell'Impero, a flight connecting Addis Ababa...
was built at the center of Mogadishu Garden. The Mogadishu International Airport was constructed that same year. The facility was regarded as one of the...
History of Italian colonial railways Castel Benito Aeroporto PetrellaAirport Otumlo airport Political concepts Greater Italy Mare Nostrum New Roman Empire...
History of Italian colonial railways Castel Benito Aeroporto PetrellaAirport Otumlo airport Political concepts Greater Italy Mare Nostrum New Roman Empire...
History of Italian colonial railways Castel Benito Aeroporto PetrellaAirport Otumlo airport Political concepts Greater Italy Mare Nostrum New Roman Empire...
History of Italian colonial railways Castel Benito Aeroporto PetrellaAirport Otumlo airport Political concepts Greater Italy Mare Nostrum New Roman Empire...
the two main cities of Libya, Tripoli and Benghazi, with new ports and airports, new hospitals and schools and many new roads & buildings. Also tourism...
History of Italian colonial railways Castel Benito Aeroporto PetrellaAirport Otumlo airport Political concepts Greater Italy Mare Nostrum New Roman Empire...
automobilistici (Citao)" (Mechanic & Transport industry). Italians also created new airports and in 1936 started the worldwide famous Linea dell'Impero, a flight connecting...
History of Italian colonial railways Castel Benito Aeroporto PetrellaAirport Otumlo airport Political concepts Greater Italy Mare Nostrum New Roman Empire...
History of Italian colonial railways Castel Benito Aeroporto PetrellaAirport Otumlo airport Political concepts Greater Italy Mare Nostrum New Roman Empire...
to the presence of asphalted roads, railways, and a new international airport & port in the capital. In the second half of 1940, Italian troops invaded...
History of Italian colonial railways Castel Benito Aeroporto PetrellaAirport Otumlo airport Political concepts Greater Italy Mare Nostrum New Roman Empire...
History of Italian colonial railways Castel Benito Aeroporto PetrellaAirport Otumlo airport Political concepts Greater Italy Mare Nostrum New Roman Empire...
History of Italian colonial railways Castel Benito Aeroporto PetrellaAirport Otumlo airport Political concepts Greater Italy Mare Nostrum New Roman Empire...
distilled water per day. Also a modern hospital was inaugurated in 1938. The airport of Massaua was usually called "Otumlo aeroporto" and was opened by the...
the enlargement of the port of Tripoli and the creation of the Tripoli airport. A group of villages for Italians and Libyans was created on coastal Tripolitania...
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Aeroporto di Mogadiscio-Petrella, the first such facility to be opened in the Horn of Africa. It served as the main military airport for Italian Somaliland...
(called originally in Italian "Tripoli-Castel Benito aeroporto") was an airport of Tripoli created by the Italians in Italian Libya in the early 1930s...
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