The Hassan Pasha Mosque ( ar, مسجد حسن الباشا, ''Masjid Hassan el-Basha''), also referred to as the Pasha Mosque or the Grand Mosque, is a mosque located in
Oran
Oran ( ar, وَهران, Wahrān) is a major coastal city located in the north-west of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria after the capital Algiers, due to its population and commercial, industrial, and cultural ...
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Algeria. It was built in 1796
by order of Baba Hassan, Pasha of Algiers, in memory of the expulsion of the Spanish.
During
the French Invasion of Algiers in 1830, French soldiers would occupy the mosque during their invasion of Algeria as their living-quarters. 5 years after the French Invasion, in 1835, the building was established as a mosque and renovated three decades later.
In 1952, the mosque was listed as a historic monument.
Since 2010, this historic monument has been closed to the public.
Gallery
File:Mosquée du pacha fontaine des ablutions.JPG, Ablutions fountain in Oran's Basha mosque.
File:Oran Mosquéee du Pacha.JPG, A view of the minaret and the dome.
File:Mosquée du pacha 1920.JPG, The Pasha Mosque in 1920
File:Minaret mosqué du pacha.jpg, Close-up of the minaret
File:Mosque Hassan Pacha Oran 1790 (11).jpg, Front entrance of Hassan Pasha Mosque.
File:137 L'INTERIEUR DE LA MOSQUEE DU PACHA.jpg, Interior of Hassan Pasha Mosque.
See also
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Lists of mosques
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List of mosques in Africa
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List of mosques in Algeria
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List of cultural assets of Algeria
List of cultural assets of Algeria includes monuments, natural sites and parks, and other cultural assets as classed by the Algerian Ministry of Culture. The Ministry's list was updated in September 2019 with 1,030 cultural assets across the count ...
References
Mosques in Oran
Mosques completed in 1796
Mosque buildings with domes
1796 establishments in the Ottoman Empire
1796 establishments in Africa
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