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Selimiye Mosque

mosque, Nicosia, Cyprus

Also known as: Cathedral of St. Sophia

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history of Nicosia

In Nicosia
…name was changed to the Selimiye Mosque in honour of the Ottoman sultan Selim II, under whose reign Cyprus was conquered.
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