Djamaa el Djedid
Djamaʽa el Djedid (الجامع الجديد), also rendered Djamaa al-Djedid, or Jamaa El Jedid (meaning New Mosque) is a mosque in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It is dated to 1660/1070 AH by an inscription over its main entrance portal. That inscription also attributes its construction to al-Hajj Habib, a Janissary governor of the Algiers region appointed by the Ottoman imperial administration in Istanbul During the French colonial rule, the mosque was called the Mosquée de la Pêcherie and in English the Mosque of the Fisherman's Wharf (Mesdjed el-Haoutin).
| Djamaʽa al-Djedid | |
|---|---|
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Islam |
| Location | |
| Location | Algiers, Algeria |
| Architecture | |
| Type | Mosque |
| Style | Mixture of Ottoman, North African and European |
| Completed | 1660 |
| Minaret(s) | 1 |
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