Ketchaoua mosque of Algiers

Collection title

A day in the memory of Algeria

ID

EPT00323

Source

EPTV (DZ)

First broadcast date

12/18/2006

Production year

2006

Abstract

Built in 1794 by the Dey Baba Hassen, the mosque of Ketchaoua later served for the catholic cult and was transformed into a cathedral, before being retrieved by the Muslim cult after the independence. It is a surprising building with a mixture of Romano- Byzantine and Turkish-Arab styles. Ketchaoua was the centre of a lively neighbourhood, between the citadel and the roadstead of Algiers. Being a witness and the memory of the history of Algiers, it tells about the Barberousse brothers, the Othoman Deys, then the colonial period that imposed the Christian cult, finally its return to Islam after the independence of Algeria in 1962. Ketchaoua mosque is listed by the Unesco as a world heritage of humanity.

Type

video

Production companies

• EPTV - Own production

Broadcaster

EPTV - 1st national channel

Audiovisual form

Magazine

Primary theme

Arab and muslim worlds

Secondary themes

• Society and way of life / Religious Practices

Credits / Cast

• Bayou Ramdane Djazia - Journalist

Period of events

• From 1500 to 1800

Map locations

• Algeria - Centre - Algiers

Original language

Arabic

Media running time

3m50

Additional information