The doorways
Pointed Gothic.
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The Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque is the largest medieval building in Famagusta in eastern Cyprus. It was first the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, became a mosque after the Ottomans took the city in 1571, and remains a mosque today. It was built between 1298 and about 1400 in the French Gothic style the Lusignans brought with them, and consecrated as a cathedral in 1328. Lusignan kings were crowned kings of Jerusalem here. Since 1954 it has been named after Lala Mustafa Pasha, the Ottoman commander who led the campaign on Cyprus. From outside you see a honey-coloured Gothic stone front with three decorated pointed doorways, a large rose window over the central door and two half-ruined towers above. A slender minaret added after the conversion stands beside it, and an ancient fig tree grows in the square in front. It is in the centre of the walled city of Famagusta. It is a working place of worship, so respect prayer times and dress modestly. Visitors from the south cross at the checkpoints with a passport, and the Republic of Cyprus treats entry through the north's airport as illegal entry.
Pointed Gothic.
Over the centre.
Slender.
Walled city, Famagusta, east Cyprus
The Cathedral of Saint Nicholas, made a mosque in 1571.
Through the crossing points with a passport; the Republic of Cyprus treats entry via the north's airport as illegal.
