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Ben Farès Mosque | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Islam |
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Geographic coordinates | 36°47′2.4″N 3°3′33.12″E / 36.784000°N 3.0592000°E |
The Ben Farès Mosque, also known as Djamaa Ben Farès ( Arabic: مسجد ابن فارس), originally built as the Great Synagogue of Algiers in 1865, is a mosque and former synagogue in Algiers. It was also formerly known as Djamâa Lihoud, which means "Mosque of the Jews" in Algerian Arabic vernacular. [1] [2]
En face du marché Djamâa-Lihoud, s'élève l'ancienne synagogue, aujourd'hui Djamâa Fares [In front of the Djamâa-Lihoud market rises the former synagogue, today the Djamâa Fares]