Hassan Pasha Mosque

Hassan Pasha Mosque
مسجد حسن الباشا
Religion
AffiliationIslam
Location
LocationOran, Algeria
Hassan Pasha Mosque is located in Algeria
Hassan Pasha Mosque
Shown within Algeria
Geographic coordinates35°42′16″N 0°39′17″W / 35.70444°N 0.65472°W / 35.70444; -0.65472
Architecture
Typemosque
Completed1796
Minaret(s)1

The Hassan Pasha Mosque (Arabic: مسجد حسن الباشا, Masjid Hassan el-Basha), also referred to as the Pasha Mosque or the Grand Mosque, is a mosque located in Oran, Algeria. It was built in 1796[1][2] by order of Baba Hassan, Pasha of Algiers, in memory of the expulsion of the Spanish.[3] During the French Invasion of Algiers in 1830, French soldiers would occupy the mosque during their invasion of Algeria as their living-quarters.[4] 5 years after the French Invasion, in 1835, the building was established as a mosque and renovated three decades later.[5] In 1952, the mosque was listed as a historic monument.[5] Since 2010, this historic monument has been closed to the public.[6]

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  1. ^ Hassan Remaoun (2000). L'Algérie: histoire, société et culture. Casbah. p. 316. ISBN 978-9961-64-189-7.
  2. ^ Eugène Cruck (1959). Oran et les témoins de son passé: récits historiques et anecdotiques, avec un plan de la ville. Heintz frères. p. 78.
  3. ^ Edgard Attias (2005). Les dossiers de la ville d'Oran: suivi de Récits autour d'Oran, 1830-1962. Mémoire de notre temps. p. 105.
  4. ^ Bourouiba, Rachid (1986). Apports de l'Algérie à l'architecture religieuse arabo-islamique. Algeria: Alger : Entreprise nationale du livre : Office des publications universitaires. p. 358.
  5. ^ a b Marçais, Georges (1954). Architecture musulmane d’Occident. Paris, France: Arts et Métiers Graphiques.
  6. ^ Kasmi, Amine (2018). "Masjid Hassan el-Bacha". Archnet.