Selimiye - Bedesten - Caravanserai
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The Selimiye Mosque is one of the most important mosques in Northern Cyprus, as almost all of the major Muslim festivals on the calendar are celebrated in it.
By the way, the Selimiye Mosque is one of the most outstanding examples of Gothic architecture on the island. Gothic architecture and Muslim Mosque?
Cathedral of St. Sophia
As is often the case, only the foundations and perhaps some of the building materials were used to build the cathedral.
Many Lusignan dignitaries and kings are buried below St. Sophia. And despite, or perhaps because of, the many earthquakes in the region, it is very surprising that this huge building is still in good condition.
Later during the Ottoman period, two minarets were added on either side of the main entrance and the interior walls were “whitewashed”. Of course, this was only at the expense of the previously rich ceiling and wall frescoes, but it was only this that created the special impression of a very airy large space, as it still exists today.
Bedesten and Caravanserai
The big restaurant
Just visiting to get to know the building is worth the journey.
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