El Kettar Cemetery

It is situated in a suburb of the city of Algiers in the commune of Oued Koriche.

It was previously known as Dar El Ghrib (the unknown's residence) since foreigners of the city's limit were buried there.

The current name, El Kettar (distillery in Arabic), is due to the distillation of jasmine in the Bridja, a funeral monument dating from the Ottoman era.

It was built on a steep hill cemetery, because at the time of colonization, the French authorities forbade Muslims to bury their dead in flat terrain.

It comprises tombs of numerous Algerian notables and it is one of the most preferred place for actors and actresses and other artists (opera singers, musicians, painters, sculptors, architects, writers, poets).