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The Ketchaoua Mosque (Arabic: جامع كتشاوة Djamaa Ketchaoua) is a mosque in Algiers the capital of Algeria. It is located at the foot of the Casbah which was built during the Ottoman rule in the 17th century which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The mosque that stands on the first of the Casbah’s many steep stairways was logistically and symbolically the cynosure of the pre-colonial city of Algiers.