Ketchaoua Mosque

Ketchaoua Mosque

mosque

Part of	Casbah of Algiers
Year dem found am	1612
Religion anaa worldview	Islam
Country	Algeria
Edey de administrative territorial entity insyd	Algiers, Algiers Province
Coordinate location	36°47′6″N 3°3′38″E
Architectural style	Islamic architecture
Heritage designation	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site
Category for the interior of the item	Category:Interior of Ketchaoua Mosque

De Ketchaoua Mosque (Arabic: جامع كتشاوة), dem sanso know am as Djamaa Ketchaoua, be a mosque insyd de city of Algiers, de capital of Algeria. Na dem build am during Ottoman period insyd de 17th century wey e dey locate for de foot of de Casbah of Algiers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. De mosque dey stand for de first of de Casbah ein chaw steep stairways wey na ebe logistically den symbolically a cynosure of pre-colonial Algiers. De mosque be noted for ein unique fusion of Moorish den Byzantine architecture.

Na dem originally build de mosque insyd 1612. Insyd 1845 na dem convert am under French rule, to de Cathedral of St Philippe, wich na e remain til 1962. Na dem demolish de old mosque between 1845 den 1860 wey na dem build a new church den dem convert am into a mosque insyd 1962. In spite of dese transitions, na de mosque retain ein original grandeur wey ebe one of de major attractions of Algiers.

Geography

Ketchaoua Mosque dey locate insyd de historic Casbah of Algiers insyd de southern part of de city, approximately 250 metres east of de Djamaa el Kebir mosque, near de Archbishop's Palace of Algiers den National Library of Algeria. Na dem build de mosque, during de city ein Ottoman period, na e once be for de centre of de city. Ein strategic location for de first of de Casbah ein stairways dey lead to de five gates of de city, dey lie insyd de aristocratic district wer na live de rich den de famous royal family members of de Ottoman Regency, de politically prominent, den business magnates. Na dem build am for de site of an icosium, a Phoenician settlement for de site of de mosque.

History

Origins

Crown of columns for de mihrab of de original Ketchoua Mosque.

De Casbah (fortress), dem construct next to de Mediterranean Sea shore, be a unique kind of medina, anaa Islamic city, wich dey predate construction of de Ketchaoua Mosque for ein centre. E dey overlook de islands wer na dem establish a Carthaginian trading-post insyd de 6th century BC, buh na dem found de city of Algiers insyd de 10th century by de Zirids. Over de next several centuries na de Berbers, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs den Spaniards all make an impact.

De history of de Ketchaoua Mosque be integral to de ancient history of de Casbah, dem recognize for de UNESCO World Heritage List. Na ein exact location be for de centre of de city at de intersection of de roads from de lower Casbah wey dey lead to de five gates of de Algiers city. Na dem dey make an unconfirmed mention of de mosque insyd de 14th century, buh de confirmed "notarial document" dey date am to 1612. However, na ebe rebuilt by Hasan Pasha according to a commemorative inscription insyd de later part of de 18th century, wen na ebe glorified as a structure of "unparalleled beauty.”

St. Philippe Cathedral, 1905

Gallery

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  Ketchaoua Mosque from outsyd
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  Ketchaoua Mosque dome insyd
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  Insyd Ketchaoua mosque
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  Ketchaoua Mosque dome
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  Ketchaoua Mosque side wall
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  minaret of Ketchaoua Mosque

External links

• Ghoche, Ralph (2020). "Erasing the Ketchaoua Mosque: Catholicism, assimilation, and civic identity in France and Algeria". In Coslett, Daniel E. (ed.). Neocolonialism and Built Heritage: Echoes of Empire in Africa, Asia, and Europe (in English). Routledge. pp. 87–105. ISBN 978-0-429-76951-1.