Other Mosques in Nicosia

Other Mosques in Nicosia - Mosques - History and Travel Guide of Cyprus

Arab Ahmed Mosque This was built in 1485, and incorporated in its floor are gravestones of the fourteenth century, including that of Louis de Nores (1369).

Ayios Kassianos Church Many of the icons displayed on the iconostasis were thought to have come from the cathedral of St Sophia, and now form an important part of the collection housed in the Icons Museum.

Ayios Yeoryios Church A simple barrel-vaulted building of the seventeenth-century; a fifteenth-century sarcophagus with coats of arms is built into the masonry over the west door.

Church of the Holy Cross This is a large modern church built by the Roman Catholics on the site of the Franciscan church destroyed during the siege of Nicosia. It contains a bas-relief of St Mamas, dated 1524, from that building.

Church of the Panayia Chiysaliniotissa Of difierent periods from 1450 onwards, it contains a large number of interesting icons.

Church of St Antoni Restored in 1743, this contains a tombstone of the fifteenth century, possibly rescued from a destroyed Latin church. It also has a curious grandfather clock with a ship on its pendulum.

Church of St Savvas Built in 1851, this church contains a painted panel showing a man dressed in eastern furred robes. The inscription is not decipherable, but it is thought that the painting may depict the patron saint of the church. The medium used, probably egg tempera on gold leaf, is of special interest to artists.

Mosque of the Standard Bearer (Bairakdar Mosque) This mosque, on its picturesque site on a great bastion, is of greater historic than architectural interest. It marks the spot where the Turkish flag was planted by the first Turkish soldier who breached the defences in the siege of Nicosia. He is buried here with all that remained of his standard.

Omeriye Mosque Originally an Augustinian church which was damaged in the siege of the city, the west door and a chapel on the west side (now used by Muslim women) have survived. This almost certainly was the shrine of St John de Montfort. Many tombstones which were suffering from use by the Turks as rough flooring have been removed to museums.

Phaneromeni Church The name means 'revealed'. The present church, built in 1872, is probably the most popular in Nicosia for worship.

Tripioti Church This is considered to be one of the principal buildings in Nicosia belonging to the Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus . It was erected in 1690, at a time when the Turks had become more tolerant to the Greeks, though the Latins continued to be suppressed. The church is notable for the number of fragments from earlier buildings which have been incorporated in its structure.

Yeni Camii, or New Mosque This is another medieval church converted (1571) to Muslim use. In the course of a hunt for treasure in the eighteenth century a Turkish official tore down all except its south-west corner.

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