Haydarpasha Mosque/St. Catherine’s Cathedral in Nicosia

Nicosia

Nicosia from , known locally as Lefkosia , is the capital and largest city in Cyprus, as well as its main business center. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world, with the southern and the northern portions divided by a Green Line...

 was originally built by the Lusignan

Lusignan

The Lusignan family originated in Poitou near Lusignan in western France in the early 10th century. By the end of the 11th century, they had risen to become the most prominent petty lords in the region from their castle at Lusignan...

s in the 14th century. It has been described by Harry Charles Luke

Harry Charles Luke

Sir Harry Charles Luke KCMG, GCStJ, D.Litt. of Oxford and honorary LLD of Malta, was an official in the British Colonial Office. He served in Barbados, Cyprus, Transcaucasia, Sierra Leone, Palestine, Malta, the British Western Pacific Territories and Fiji...

 as representing one of the finest examples of Gothic buildings on the island. It was converted to a mosque (the Haydarpasha Mosque) during the Ottoman

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

occupation of the island.
More recently it has been a marriage registration office and is currently an art gallery.

External links

• http://www.simogendevelopment.com/NorthCyprus_HaydarpashaMosque.html

http://www.living-in-northern-cyprus.com/days-out/nicosia-days-out/haydarpasha-mosque-st-catherines-church-nicosia.html
www.living-in-northern-cyprus.com/days-out/nicosia-days-out/haydarpasha-mosque-st-catherines-church-nicosia.html