Mescit

Mescit is a mosque in Ortákioi, Nicosia. Mescit is situated nearby to the movie theater Avenue Cinemax, as well as near the college Anadolu Üniversitesi Lefkoşa Kampusu.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Barbarlık Müzesi and Cyprus Museum.

Barbarlık Müzesi

Museum

Photo: ToprakM, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Barbarlık Müzesi is a museum, which is situated 280 metres northwest of Mescit.

The Cyprus Museum is the oldest and largest archaeological museum in Cyprus, located on Museum Street in central Nicosia. The museum is home to the most extensive collection of Cypriot antiquities in the world, and houses artifacts discovered during numerous excavations on the island. Cyprus Museum is situated 2 km south of Mescit.

Selimiye Mosque

Mosque

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Selimiye Mosque, historically known as Cathedral of Saint Sophia or Ayasofya Mosque, is a former Christian cathedral converted into a mosque, in North Nicosia. Selimiye Mosque is situated 2 km southeast of Mescit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Köşklüçiftlik and Yenişehir.

Köşklüçiftlik

Neighborhood

Photo: Seksen iki yüz kırk beş, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Köşklüçiftlik is a quarter of North Nicosia in Northern Cyprus. In 2011, it had a population of 2,939. The name of the neighbourhood comes from Turkish and means "the farm with a manor".

Yenişehir

Neighborhood

Yenişehir; Greek: Νεάπολη Neapoli; literally meaning "new city" both in Turkish and Greek) is a suburb of North Nicosia. Its population was 4156 in 2006, with 2135 males and 2021 females.

Kizilbash

Suburb

Kizilbash or Trachonas is a northern suburb of Nicosia, Cyprus. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus.

Mescit

Type: Mosque
Denomination: Sunni
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Ortákioi, Nicosia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

35.18849° or 35° 11′ 19″ north

Longitude

33.35094° or 33° 21′ 3″ east

Open location code

8G7M59Q2+99

OpenStreetMap ID

way 435914882

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=mosque

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=sunni

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