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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
The current mosque structure dates from 784 to 987. [3] [3] [4] Mosque of Cristo de la Luz: Mezquita Bab-al-Mardum Toledo: Spain: 999 1186 Converted into a church. One of the best preserved Moorish mosques in Spain. [3] [3] [4] Giralda: Great Mosque of Seville Seville: Spain: 1248 Only minaret remains.
Sultan Mehmed II entered the city and performed the Friday prayer and khutbah (sermon) in Hagia Sophia, and this action marked the official conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque. [112] The church's priests and religious personnel continued to perform Christian rites, prayers, and ceremonies until they were compelled to stop by the invaders ...
Turkey formally converted The Church of St. Saviour in Chora, known as Kariye in Turkish, into a mosque in 2020, soon after it similarly turned Istanbul’s landmark Haghia Sophia into a Muslim ...
Pages in category "Religious buildings and structures converted into mosques" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Mosques converted from churches in Istanbul (27 P) Pages in category "Mosques converted from churches in Turkey" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
[1] During the Venetian rule of Patras in the fifteen century it was converted into a Catholic church and re-dedicated to Saint Mark. [1] Much later, after Patras fell to the Ottoman Turks, it was converted into a mosque and called Kursum Mosque, meaning 'the lead-roofed mosque', due to the church's dome that was covered with lead.
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