The Sidi Lakhdar Mosque (), or Djamâa Lakhdar, is a

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located in

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Architecture

It is mainly characterised by its curved marble columns and its admirable sculpted

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. The

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of the mosque, which has a rectangular shape, is located on the first floor and can be entered through two open doors in the wall opposite the mihrab and its "minbar" of carved wood. The mosque building was classified in 1905 and its decoration remains a witness on the history of its construction through the roof and wooden columns.

History

Sidi Lakhdar Mosque is located in the Al-Jazzarin neighborhood, and it was built in 1743 by the Bey Hussein bin Hussein, known as Bouhanak, who was buried in this mosque after his death. In 1913 The mosque, which witnessed many scholarly sessions of Sheikh

Abdelhamid Ben Badis ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd ibn Muṣṭafā ibn Makkī ibn Bādīs (), better known as Ibn Bādīs () was an Algerian Salafi educator, exegete, Islamic reformer, scholar and figurehead of cultural nationalism. In 1931, Ben Badis founded the Association ...

he installed his seminary and marked the center of his foundation "Algerian Muslim Congress" (CMA).

Gallery

Sidi Lakhdar Mosque Constantine 1900.jpg, The mosque

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in 1900

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