Selimiye Mosque
Selimiye Mosque, historically known as Cathedral of Saint Sophia or Ayasofya Mosque, is a former Christian cathedral converted into a mosque, in North Nicosia.
- Type: Mosque
- Denomination: Sunni
- Description: Gothic-style mosque in Northern Cyprus
- Also known as: “Ayasofya Katedrali”, “Ayasofya Mosque”, “Cathedral of Saint Sophia”, “katedra św. Zofii”, “Katedrála v Nikósii”, “Lefkoşa Selimiye Cami”, “Lefkoşa Selimiye Camii”, “Lefkoşa Selimiye Camisi”, “LEFKOŞE SELİMİYE CAMİİ”, “Masallacin Ayasofya”, “Mezquita de Selimiye”, “Mezquita Selimiye”, “moschea di Selimiye”, “Saint Sophia Cathedral”, “Selimiye Mosque, Nicosia”, “Selimiye-moskee (Nicosia)”, “St Sophia Cathedral”, “Καθεδρικός ναός Αγίας Σοφίας”, “Σελιμιγιέ τζαμί”, “Катедрала Света Софија”, “Мечеть Селемий”, and “מסגד סלימיה”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Bedesten and Haydar Pasha Mosque.
Haydar Pasha Mosque
Mosque
Lusignan house
Lusignan House is a mansion in the Yeni Jami quarter of North Nicosia. Lusignan house is situated 250 metres northeast of Selimiye Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agia Sophia and Nicosia.
Selimiye Mosque
- Categories: cathedral, secularized church, church, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Nicosia Municipality, Nicosia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
35.17652° or 35° 10′ 36″ north
Longitude
33.36455° or 33° 21′ 52″ east
Elevation
149 metres (489 feet)
Levels
3
Open location code
8G7M59G7+JR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worship
OpenStreetMap feature
building=yes
OpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=sunni
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Achinese to Western Frisian—“Selimiye Mosque” goes by many names.
- Achinese: “Meuseujid Salimiyah”
- Arabic: “مسجد السليمية”
- Azerbaijani: “Səlimiyə məscidi”
- Azerbaijani: “Səlimiyyə məscidi”
- Bashkir: “Сәлимиә мәсете”
- Basque: “Selimiye meskita (Nikosia)”
- Basque: “Selimiye meskita”
- Belarusian: “Сабор Святой Сафіі”
- Catalan: “Catedral de Santa Sofia de Nicòsia”
- Catalan: “Catedral de Santa Sofía”
- Chinese: “塞利米耶清真寺（尼科西亚）”
- Chinese: “塞利米耶清真寺（尼科西亞）”
- Chinese: “塞利米耶清真寺”
- Czech: “Mešita Selimiye”
- Dutch: “Selimiye-moskee”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد السليميه”
- Esperanto: “Katedralo de Sankta Sofio”
- French: “cathédrale Sainte-Sophie de Nicosie”
- French: “Cathédrale Sainte-Sophie de Nicosie”
- Galician: “Catedral de Santa Sofía”
- Galician: “Mesquita de Selimiye”
- Georgian: “წმინდა სოფიას საკათედრო ტაძარი (სელიმიეს მეჩეთი)”
- Georgian: “წმინდა სოფიას საკათედრო ტაძარი”
- German: “Selimiye-Moschee”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Selimiye Mosque, Nicosia”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Selimiye Mosque”
- Greek: “Τέμενος Σελιμιγιέ”
- Hausa: “Masallacin Selimiye”
- Hebrew: “מסגד סלימייה”
- Hungarian: “Szelimije-mecset (Nicosia)”
- Hungarian: “Szelimije-mecset”
- Indonesian: “Masjid Selimiye”
- Italian: “cattedrale di Santa Sofia”
- Italian: “Cattedrale di Santa Sofia”
- Japanese: “セリミエ・モスク”
- Javanese: “Mesjid Selimiye, Nikosia”
- Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Selimiye”
- Korean: “셀리미예 모스크”
- Latvian: “Nikosijas Selima mošeja”
- Macedonian: “Селимова џамија”
- Macedonian: “Сулејманова џамија”
- Malay: “Masjid Selimiye”
- Persian: “مسجد سلیمیه نیکوزیا”
- Polish: “Meczet Selima w Nikozji”
- Polish: “Meczet Selimiye w Nikozji”
- Portuguese: “Catedral de Santa Sofia”
- Romanian: “Moscheea Selimiye din Nicosia”
- Russian: “Мечеть Селимие”
- Russian: “Собор Святой Софии”
- Sindhi: “سليميہ مسجد، نيڪوسيا”
- Slovenian: “Selimova mošeja, Nikozija”
- Spanish: “Catedral de Santa Sofía”
- Spanish: “Mezquita de Selim”
- Tatar: “Сәлимия мәчете (Никосия)”
- Tatar: “Сәлимия мәчете”
- Turkish: “Selimiye Camii”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть Селіміє (Нікосія)”
- Ukrainian: “Мечеть Селіміє”
- Urdu: “سلیمیہ مسجد، نکوسیا”
- Western Frisian: “Selimiye-moskee (Nikosia)”
- Western Frisian: “Selimiye-moskee”
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