List of mosques in the Famagusta district

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The list of mosques in the Famagusta district includes the Muslim houses of worship in the Famagusta district in eastern Cyprus that were built before 1974.

image Name of the original church Place (location) Establishment today's name, remarks
Agios Georgios Gypsou 16th Century Bell tower from 1925, renovated in 1973
Agios Epiphanios Milia 1902-1906
Panagia Chrysospelaiotissa Famagusta 1955-1960
Famagusta 01-2017 img18 Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque.jpg Agios Nikolaos Famagusta 14th Century Gothic cathedral, today Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque
St. Peter and Paul, Famagusta (11) .JPG Agios Petros & Pavlos Famagusta 14./15. century In 1600 rededicated to a mosque, in the courtyard an Ottoman tomb
Stavros Church (Mustafa Pasa Mosque), Famagusta (2) .JPG Timios Stavros Famagusta 14th Century small mosque, good condition
Agios Georgios Agios Georgios 19th century, early
Sotiros Lefkonoiko unknown
Agios Loukas Spathariko middle Ages
Agios Basileios Vasili Latin (?) on the Karpas, temporarily a mosque, now empty
Agios Georgios Vathylakas Latin temporarily mosque, empty
Panagia Neta unknown Cemetery, mosque
Agia Aikaterini Gerani 1950, after (?) Karpas, mosque
Archangelos Mikhail Patriki / Karpasia 1868 Women's gallery
Agios Iliad Agios Ilias / Karpasia 1922 At times mosque, empty, doors and window glass are missing
Agios Georgios Flamoudi 1894 (?)
Agios Loukas Eptakomi / Karpasia 1951 (?) Karpas
Agios Demetrios Leonarisso / Karpasia unknown temporarily mosque, empty
Archangelus Koma tou Gialou / Karpasia 1859 (?) temporarily mosque, empty
Agios Nikolaos Agios Nikolaos unknown
Panagia Eleousas Trypimeni 1907
Agia Marina Akanthou unknown
Metamorfosis Sotiros Akanthou unknown well preserved
Agios Polychronios Melanarga / Karpasia unknown Mosque, converted between 2001 and 2007, well preserved
Agia Paraskevi Agkastina 19th century, late
Agios Loukas Mousoulita 20th century, early
Agios Nikolaos Limnia 1863 (?)
Agios Mamas Gaidouras 1900, around
Timios Stavros? Pigi / Peristerona unknown
Agios Georgios Prastio 1823 (?)
Timios Prodromos Assia unknown even before 1974 mosque, Mithrab
Agios Georgios Assia unknown
Panagia Theotokos Lysi 1889 (?)

literature

  • Ceyda Alçıcıoğlu: Churches Converted to Mosques and Their Adaptive Re-Uses , Diss., University of Oxford 2014. ( academia.edu )

Web links

  • Famagusta District , Greek Cypriot & Turkish Cypriot Religious Buildings Built before 1974

Remarks

  1. Agia Aikaterini . Accessed June 21, 2020. (English)
  2. Samuel Andrew Hardy: Interrogating Archaeological Ethics in Conflict Zones: Cultural Heritage Work in Cyprus , Diss., University of Sussex, 2010, p. 96 f ( online , PDF; 24.3 MB).