List of mosques in Cyprus
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Template:SHORTDESC: This is a list of mosques in Cyprus.
List of mosques
[edit | edit source]| Name | Images | City | Year (CE) |
Group | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selimiye Mosque | File:Nicosia 01-2017 img20 View from Shacolas Tower.jpg | Nicosia (North) |
1570 | Su | Originally known as the 'Saint Sophia Cathedral', the French Lusignan dynasty constructed it between 1209 and 1228. |
| Haydar Pasha Mosque | File:Haydarpasha Mosque (St. Catherine Church), Nicosia (4).JPG | Nicosia (North) |
1570 | Su | Built during the 14th century as St. Catherine's church,[1] it was converted in to a mosque in 1570, during the Ottoman era.[2] |
| Bayraktar Mosque | File:Bayraktar Mosque.jpg | Nicosia (South) |
1571 | Su | The first mosque built by the Ottomans after the conquest of Nicosia |
| Arab Ahmet Mosque | File:Arabahmet Mosque, Nicosia, Cyprus 03.jpg | Nicosia (North) |
1571 | Su | [3] |
| New Mosque (Yeni Cami) |
File:Yeni Cami Nicosia 2019.jpg | Nicosia (North) |
1571 | Originally a 14th-century church, it was converted into a mosque in 1571. | |
| Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque | File:Famagusta 01-2017 img14 Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque.jpg | Famagusta | 1571 | Originally known as the 'Saint Nicolas Cathedral', the French Lusignan dynasty constructed it between 1298 and 1312; converted to a mosque in 1571. | |
| Ömeriye Mosque | File:Nicosia 01-2017 img13 Omeriye Mosque.jpg | Nicosia (South) |
1571-1572 | First site of prayer by Turks on island of Cyprus following its conquest in 1571. | |
| Agha Cafer Pasha Mosque | File:Ağa Cafer Paşa Mosque1, Kyrenia, TRNC.jpg | Kyrenia | 1580s | ||
| Akkule Mosque | Famagusta | 1618 | |||
| Kazaphana Mosque | Kyrenia | 17th century | |||
| Iplik Pazari Mosque | File:Iplik Pazari Mosque, Nicosia, Cyprus.jpg | Nicosia (North) |
18th century | ||
| Dükkanlar Önü Mosque | File:Dükkanlar Önü Mosque, 2024.jpg | Nicosia (North) |
c. 18th century | Su | Converted in to a mosque during the Ottoman era |
| Hala Sultan Tekke | File:Larnaca 01-2017 img30 Salt Lake.jpg | Larnaca | 1816-1817 | Su | Fourth holiest site in Islam; affiliated with Sufism |
| Sarayönü Mosque | File:Sarayönü mosque, north Nicosia, Northern Cyprus.jpg | Nicosia (North) |
1820 | ||
| Cami-i Kebir, The Great Mosque | Limassol | 1825 | Built by Mestan Agha, beside an ancient graveyard containing the graves of two Turkish notables, Mehmet Efendi, who died in 1758, and the Admiral of the Fleet, Souleyman Pasha, who died in 1715. Currently closed by the Cypriot government for renovation and reopening in June 2020; although no changes have been made other than the total removal of all Islamic artefacts and books. | ||
| Turunçlu Mosque | File:Turunçlu mosque.JPG | Nicosia (North) |
1825 | Su | |
| Taht-el-kale Mosque | File:Minaret of Tahtakale Mosque.jpg | Nicosia (South) |
1826 | [4] | |
| Laleli Mosque | File:Laleli Mosque Nicosia.jpg | Nicosia (North) |
1827 | Su | |
| Ziya Pasha Mosque | File:The mosque of Ziya Pasha.jpg | Dali | 1837 | ||
| Akkavuk Mosque | Nicosia (North) |
1904 | Su | Built on the site of a smaller mosque from 1895. | |
| Araplar Mosque | File:Araplar Mosque.jpg | Nicosia (South) |
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| Hamit Bey Sokagi | Larnaca | Located in a disrepaired / abandoned state at the corner of Athansiou Karydi and Andrea Strouthidi Street, as shown on some maps.[5] | |||
| Kebir Mosque | File:Limassol 01-2017 img14 Kebir Great Mosque.jpg | Limassol | "The Grand Mosque" | ||
| Nöbethane Masjid | Nicosia | ||||
| Osman Fazil Polat Pasha Mosque | File:Famagusta 01-2017 img01 Osman Fazil Mosque.jpg | Famagusta | |||
| Peristerona Mosque | Peristerona | Featured on the five-pound Cypriot banknote | |||
| Piri Osman Pasha Mosque | Lefka | ||||
| Tabakhane Masjid | File:Tabakhane Mesjid.jpg | Nicosia | |||
| Tophane Masjid | File:Tophane Mesjid Nicosia.jpg | Nicosia | A former mosque[6][7] |
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Legend
[edit | edit source]| Group / Tradition | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Ahmadiyya | A |
| Non-denominational | ND |
| Shia Islam | SH |
| Sunni Islam | Su |
See also
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References
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External links
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