Ali Bitchin Mosque

The Ali Bitchin Mosque is a Sunni in , . It's named after Ali Bitchin, who ordered its construction in 1622 CE. It is situated inside the , a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located at the crosspoint between and the lower area of the Casbah.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in Algiers, Algeria
  • Also known as: “Great Mosque of Algiers” and “Zawj Euyun Mosque”
  • Address: Alger

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ketchaoua Mosque and Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions.

Mosque
Photo: Rachid Hamatou, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as Djamaa Ketchaoua, is a in the city of , the capital of . Completed in the 17th century, during Ottoman period, the mosque is located at the foot of the , a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is on the first of the Casbah's many steep stairways. is situated 240 metres southwest of Ali Bitchin Mosque.

Museum
Photo: Abderrahmane boudjenane, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is an art museum in , the capital of . The museum is located on Rue Socgemah in the Souk El-Djemaâ of the Basse-Casbah district and welcomes around 47,000 visitors every year.

Square
Photo: غريب صلاح الدين, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is situated 260 metres south of Ali Bitchin Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Casbah of Algiers and Bāb al-Wādī.

Suburb
The , commonly referred to as the Casbah, corresponds to the old town or medina of , the capital of Algeria. It is a historic district that has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992.

Suburb
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Bab El Oued is a neighbourhood in , the capital of , along the coast north of the . As of 2008, the population of the commune of Bab El Oued was 64,732.

Suburb
Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipality in , . 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.

Ali Bitchin Mosque

Latitude
36.78702° or 36° 47′ 13″ north
Longitude
3.0619° or 3° 3′ 43″ east
Open location code
8F85Q3P6+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 265277714
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mosque
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q25453544
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Ali Bitchin Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسجد علي بتشين”
  • Bengali: “আলী বিতচিন মসজিদ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد على بتشين”
  • French: “Mosquée d’Ali Bitchin”
  • French: “Mosquée de Ali Betchine”
  • French: “mosquée de Ali Bitchin”
  • Fulah: “Ali Bitchin Mosque”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Ali Bitchin Mosque”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Great Mosque for Algiers”
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Zawj Euyun Mosque”
  • Hausa: “Babban masallacin Algiers”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Ali Bichin”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Ali Bitchin”
  • Hausa: “Masallacin Zawj Euyun”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Agung Aljazair”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Ali Bitchin”
  • Malay: “Masjid Ali Bitchin”
  • Russian: “Мечеть Али Битчин”
  • Spanish: “Gran Mezquita de Argel”
  • Spanish: “Mezquita de Ali Bitchin”
  • Turkish: “Ali Bişin Camii”
  • Urdu: “مسجد علی بتشین”

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Highlights include سوق العيون and دار الحمراء.

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