Santa Sophia Mosque
Santa Sophia Mosque is a mosque in Ammóchostos, Famagusta district. Santa Sophia Mosque is situated nearby to Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque - St. Nicholas’s Cathedral, as well as near Church of St. George of the Greeks.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque - St. Nicholas’s Cathedral and Famagusta within the walls.
Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque - St. Nicholas’s Cathedral
Mosque
The Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque, originally known as the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas and later as the Saint Sophia Mosque of Mağusa, is the largest medieval building in Famagusta, Cyprus.
Famagusta within the walls
Photo: Gerdl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The fortifications of Famagusta are a series of defensive walls and other fortifications which surround the city of Famagusta in Northern Cyprus. The walls were built by the Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus in the 14th century, and redesigned by Republic of Venice in 15th and 16th centuries before the siege of Ottoman Empire in 1571. Famagusta within the walls is situated 140 metres northwest of Santa Sophia Mosque.
Church of St. George of the Greeks
Church
Church of St. George of the Greeks is situated 130 metres southeast of Santa Sophia Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Famagusta and Varosha.
Famagusta
Famagusta is a city in Northern Cyprus, with a population of 55,648 in 2019. It's a seaport and tourist resort and has a walled old centre created in the 13th century.
Varosha
Suburb
Photo: Andrew Milligan sumo, CC BY 2.0.
Varosha is the southern quarter of Famagusta, a de jure territory of Cyprus, currently under the control of Northern Cyprus. Varosha had a population of 226 in the 2011 Northern Cyprus census. The area of Varosha is 6.19 km2.
Enkomi
Village
Photo: Lokal Profil, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Enkomi is a village near Famagusta in Cyprus. It is a short distance from a prominent 2nd millennium BC archaeological site also named Enkomi. Enkomi is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Enkomi is situated 7 km northwest of Santa Sophia Mosque.
Santa Sophia Mosque
- Type: Mosque
- Also known as: “Lala Mustafa Paşa Camii”, “Lala Mustafa Paşa Mosque”, and “Saint Nicholas Cathedral”
- Category: religion
- Location: Ammóchostos, Famagusta district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.12482° or 35° 7′ 29″ northLongitude
33.94262° or 33° 56′ 33″ eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
8G7M4WFV+W2GeoNames ID
18987
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