Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Oran (''Sacred Heart Cathedral of Oran'') is a former

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located at Place de la Kahina, on Boulevard Hammou-boutlelis, in

Oran Oran () is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria, after the capital, Algiers, because of its population and commercial, industrial and cultural importance. It is w ...

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History

The church building was built between 1903 and 1913 to the design of Albert Ballu, the architect of the Government of Algeria, and by the company of Auguste and Gustave Perret. The structure of the church itself is of reinforced concrete, which made it the first church built out of this in French overseas territories.''Le livre d'or de l'Oranie'', par édition de l'Afrique du nord illustrée 1925, p. 127 It was dedicated on 30 April 1930. The

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became a regional library in 1984, then a public library in 1996.

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