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Bougara Church
Bougara Church is a colonial-era Catholic church in the commune of Bougara — one of the larger communes of the Blida wilaya on the southern edge of the Mitidja plain.
1 January 2025
Overview
Bougara Church is a colonial-era Catholic church in the commune of Bougara, situated on the southern edge of the Mitidja plain at the foot of the Atlas mountains. Like the other rural churches of the Blida wilaya, it was built to serve the European settler community during the colonial period.
Bougara Commune
Bougara (formerly known as Joinville during the French colonial period) is one of the larger communes of Blida wilaya. Its renaming after independence reflects the broader project of reclaiming Algerian toponymy from colonial designations.
Connections
- Companion churches in the wilaya's rural communes: [[culture/religion/beni-mered-church|Church of Beni Mered]], [[culture/religion/tassili-church|Tassili Church]] (Boufarik), [[culture/religion/bouinan-church|Bouinan Church]]
- The colonial villages of this era: [[archives/history/first-battle-of-blida|French occupation and colonial village establishment (Joinville, Montpensier, Dalmatie)]]
- The Mitidja plain geography: [[culture/architecture/aziza-palace|Aziza Palace]], [[lifestyle/food/la-metidja|La Metidja]]