Djamaʽa al-Djedid | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
Location | |
Location | Algiers, Algeria |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque |
Style | Mixture of Ottoman, North African and European[1] |
Completed | 1660 |
Minaret(s) | 1 |
Djamaʽa el Djedid (الجامع الجديد),[2][3] also rendered Djamaa al-Djedid,[2] or Jamaa El Jedid (meaning New Mosque) is a mosque in Algiers, the capital of Algeria.[4] 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 Constantinople.[3] During the French colonial rule, the mosque was called the Mosquée de la Pêcherie[2] and in English the Mosque of the Fisherman's Wharf (Mesdjed el-Haoutin).[4]