At a glance
- Era
- The Gunpowder Empires
- Region
- Maghreb
In time
In space
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Overview
The Ketchaoua Mosque in Algiers was built in 1612 and named Keçiova ("goat plain") from its nearness to the goat market. 1 In 1794 Hasan Pasha repaired and enlarged it, making it one of the finest mosques of Algiers; it has a rectangular plan with a central dome. 1 The book's entry box names its builder as Hasan Pasha of Daghestan, Dey of Algiers. 1
Conversion and return
After the French occupation this central mosque was turned in 1832 into the Cathedral of St Philippe; its Islamic fittings were removed, its architectural form altered and most of its inscriptions destroyed, while two surviving inscriptions were taken to the museum together with its carved wooden door, two leaves of five panels each, which the author calls a masterpiece of woodwork. 1 After Algerian independence it became a mosque again, and it was restored by Türkiye in 2014. 1
Connections
- Located in
- Algiers
- Mentioned in
- Kiliseye Çevrilen Türk Eserleri (The Turkish Monuments Converted into Churches)
People and things also explored
Great Mosque of Algiers (Jamaa el-Kebir)· Musa Çelebi Mosque, Feres (Ferecik)· Sudak Castle Mosque, Crimea· Charles V's Algiers expedition (1541)· Algiers enters Ottoman sovereignty (1519)· Aruj Barbarossa enters Algiers (1516)· Capture of the Peñón of Algiers (1529)· End of the beylerbey system in Algiers (995/1587)
Sources
- Mehmet Emin Yılmaz, Kiliseye Çevrilen Türk Eserleri / The Turkish Monuments Converted into Churches, vol. 1 (Ankara: YTB, 2nd enlarged ed., 2023) , p. 222
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Ketchaoua Mosque, Algiers”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/building/ketchaoua-mosque-algiers/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-04.
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