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The church of Saint Nicholas (Hünkar Mosque) was originally a Roman Catholic church before it was converted into a mosque. The Rotunda of Galerius in Thessaloniki, initially a Mausoleum of Roman Emperor Galerius, a church (326–1590), then a mosque and again a church after 1912
Only surviving mosque building of 18 former mosques in the Jerez city. Converted into a church after Reconquista. [3] [4] Mosque of las Tornerías: Al-Mustimim Toledo: Spain: 1060 [5] Unusual two-storied mosque. Was built in a busy commercial neighborhood (Arrabal de Francos). Used as a church until 1498–1505, and other uses since.
Hagia Sophia (Greek: Αγία Σοφία, meaning 'the Holy Wisdom'; Turkish: Ayasofya) is a formerly Greek Orthodox church that was converted into a mosque following the conquest of Trabzon by Mehmed II in 1461. It is located in Trabzon, northeastern Turkey. It was converted into a museum in 1964 [1] and back into a mosque in 2013. [2]
Only surviving mosque building of 18 former mosques in the Jerez city. Converted into church after Reconquista. [1] [9] Mosque of las Tornerías: Al-Mustimim Toledo: Castilla–La Mancha: 1060 [11] Unusual two-storied mosque. Was built in a busy commercial neighborhood (Arrabal de Francos). Used as a church until 1498–1505, and other uses since.
A 50-year-old Church was converted to a temple. It is the 3rd Church to be converted into a temple in the US, and the 5th in the world. [8] Udupi Krishna Temple Edison, NJ: US In 2017, a Protestant abandoned church covering 4.5 acres, in Edison, New Jersey, was acquired to be converted into an Udupi Krishna temple. [8] [9] Swaminarayan Hindu Temple
The Al-Omari Grand Mosque (Arabic: المسجد العمري الكبير), known as Jami' Al-Kabir, is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in the central district of Beirut, in Lebanon. The building has been a place of worship including its original use as a Roman temple , and subsequently as a Roman church , before Beirut was conquered by Mamluk ...
Hagia Sophia, an Eastern Orthodox Christian church converted into a mosque after the Fall of Constantinople; in 1935 it was converted into a museum, following a decision by Kemal Atatürk. Roman and Byzantine styles were particularly prevalent in early Islamic architecture. One of the examples is the Dome of the Rock (late 7th century) in ...
[1] The Church of Hagia Sophia was converted into the Orhan Mosque following the fall of Nicaea to the Ottoman Turks led by Orhan Ghazi in 1331. It continued to operate as a mosque until 1935, when it was designated as a museum under the regime of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. [6] In November 2011 it was again converted into a mosque. [2]