Hassan Pasha Mosque

Hassan Pasha Mosque
مسجد حسن الباشا
Pasha Mosque. 2013
Shown within Algeria
Basic information
Location Oran
 Algeria
Geographic coordinates 35°42′16″N 0°39′17″W / 35.70444°N 0.65472°W / 35.70444; -0.65472Coordinates: 35°42′16″N 0°39′17″W / 35.70444°N 0.65472°W / 35.70444; -0.65472
Affiliation Islam
Architectural description
Architectural type Mosque
Completed 1796
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]

References

  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.



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