It is a military cemetary, in pristine condition, where are buried italian soldiers and eritrean askaris (colonial troops), dead during the battle for Keren in 1941. Keren is a strategic point. A natural fortress blocking the access to Asmara, Eritrea's capital. If Keren falls, Asmara, and so the entire country, are at the mercy of the agressor. It explains why the town was so fought for. The Italian colonial army was beaten there and its soldiers, Italians as well as Eritrean, are buried side by side under the flags of the two countries. Side by side, but not together. The Askaris are buried on the left side, the Italians on the right side. And while the Italian soldiers have their name, rank and unit disclosed on their grave, there is, on the grave of the askaris, just the mention "soldato ignoto" or "unknown soldier". They were buried without anyone to bother to even collect their names. Just canon fodders thrown in a hole once crushed by the British artillery. It is like a segregation beyond death...