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Grande Synagogue d'Oran

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Creator(s)
Algerian
Time period
creation date: first stone laid, 1879, other date: inaugurated, 1918, restoration date: 1952, alteration date: converted to a mosque, 1975
Location
Site: Oran (Algeria)
Cultural context
Algerian
Description
On the Boulevard Cdt Abderrahmane Mira. Constructed at the initiative of Simon Kanoui, president of the Oran Consistory. After Algerian independence, it was confiscated by the Algerian government and turned into a mosque.
exterior, western elevation, 1993
Work type
Synagogue
Mosque
Medium
stone
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Rights
(c) 1993 Ahmet Ersoy
Access rights
All rights reserved
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