The cultural project “Italian Architecture in Jimma. Photography & Storytelling” seeks to illustrate and promote the rich Italian historical and architectural heritage in the city of Jimma. At the same time, this initiative – bringing together Italian and Ethiopian contributors in a vibrant cultural dialogue through a range of research activities, exhibitions, publications, and conferences in Addis Ababa, Jimma, and Rome – draws attention to major urban redevelopment projects that are currently underway in this remarkable city and promoted by the Ethiopian authorities and partially supported by the Italian government through the Mattei Plan for Africa.
Marco Introini’s photographs celebrate the charm of this architecture: its clean and well-proportioned volumes, the interplay of light and shadow, its interior spaciousness, fluid surfaces, and occasionally surprising, innovative details.
The first stage of the photo exhibition and Italian-Ethiopian conference is hosted at the new spaces of the Creative Hub Ethiopia in the historic Post Office in Addis Ababa (28.07-5.09.2025).
The project is realized thanks to the support of the General Directorate for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture, and involves collaboration among several leading cultural and academic institutions from both countries, such as the Treccani Institute and the Universities of Addis Ababa and Jimma.