Dar Mustapha Pacha
Dar Mustapha Pacha is a Moorish palace, located in the Casbah of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria. It houses the National Museum of Miniatures, Illumination and Calligraphy.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ketchaoua Mosque and Martyrs‘ Square.
Ketchaoua Mosque
Mosque
Photo: LeilaBouras, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ketchaoua Mosque, also known as Djamaa Ketchaoua, is a mosque in the city of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. Completed in the 17th century, during Ottoman period, the mosque is located at the foot of the Casbah of Algiers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is on the first of the Casbah's many steep stairways.
Martyrs‘ Square
Square
Photo: غريب صلاح الدين, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Martyrs‘ Square is situated 140 metres east of Dar Mustapha Pacha.
Djamaa El Kebir
Mosque
Photo: Habib kaki, CC0.
The Djamaa el Kebir or Great Mosque of Algiers, is a mosque located in the city of Algiers, Algeria. Built in 1097, it is one of the few remaining examples of Almoravid architecture. Djamaa El Kebir is situated 300 metres east of Dar Mustapha Pacha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bāb al-Wādī and Alger Centre.
Bāb al-Wādī
Suburb
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Bab El Oued is a neighbourhood in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, along the coast north of the city centre. As of 2008, the population of the commune of Bab El Oued was 64,732.
Alger Centre
Suburb
Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Alger Centre is a municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is administratively part of Sidi M'Hamed district, and it has a population of 96,329 as of the 1998 census, which gives it 15 seats in the PMA.
Dar Mustapha Pacha
- Type: Museum
- Description: palace located in Algiers, Algeria
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Casbah, Bab El Oued, Algiers Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Turkish—“Dar Mustapha Pacha” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “دار مصطفى باشا”
- French: “Musée national de l’enluminure, de la miniature et de la calligraphie”
- French: “palais Mustapha Pacha”
- French: “Palais Mustapha Pacha”
- French: “Bibliothèque-musée” (historical)
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Dar Mustapha Pacha”
- Hausa: “Dar Mustapha Pacha”
- Italian: “Dar Mustapha Pacha”
- Italian: “Palazzo Mustapha Pacha”
- Spanish: “Dar Mustapha Pacha”
- Turkish: “Mustafa Paşa Sarayı”
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