Ketchaoua Mosque
Algiers, Algeria
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Built in 1611–1612 by Hayreddin Barbarossa during the Ottoman period, the Ketchaoua Mosque stands at the foot of Algiers's Casbah, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, commanding a position at the top of the quarter's steep stairways. The mosque is noted for its distinctive fusion of Moorish and Byzantine architectural traditions. Its construction was both logistically and symbolically significant to pre-colonial Algiers. The building's history reflects the city's turbulent past: evicted Muslims saw it converted to the Cathedral of St Philippe in 1832 under French colonial rule, demolished and rebuilt between 1845 and 1860, then restored to mosque use following Algerian independence in 1962. Despite these transformations, it has retained its original grandeur and remains one of Algiers's major tourist attractions.
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- Built
- Type
- mosque
- Heritage
- part of UNESCO World Heritage Site
- Place
- Algiers, Algeria
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