Haydar Pasha Mosque
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The Haydar Pasha Mosque ( Turkish Haydarpaşa Camii , Greek Χαϊντάρ-πασά τζαμί Chaïntár-Pasa Tzami ), formerly St. Catherine's Church ( Ναός Αγίας Αικατερίνης Naos Agías Aikaterinis ) is a historical mosque in North Nicosia , originally as The parish church of the Crusaders , consecrated to St. Catherine of Alexandria , was built in Nicosia , Cyprus . After the city was conquered by the Ottomans, it was rededicated as a mosque, named after a certain Haydar Pasha, and is now an art gallery.
history
St. Katharina was built towards the end of the 14th century by the Frankish crusaders in Nicosia not far from the St. Sophien Cathedral as a small parish church in high Gothic form. The church is 18 meters long and eight meters wide. It has a two-bay nave, which is followed by a choir bay, to which a polygonal closed apse is attached.
After the city was conquered in 1570, St. Catherine was rededicated as the Haydar Pasha Mosque and a small stair tower that originally led to the roof was converted into a minaret. Today the building has been secularized and is used for cultural purposes. It is located in the northern part of the city.
Individual evidence
literature
- Beata Kitsiki Panagopoulos: Cistercian and Mendicant churches in medieval Greece , Chicago 1979.
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Coordinates: 35 ° 10 ′ 38.9 ″ N , 33 ° 21 ′ 58.1 ″ E