Gazimağusa (Famagusta), a walled city on the east coast

Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

The remains of the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul. The foundations of this Gothic building, with its flying buttresses, was funded by profits made by a merchant of Famagusta, Simon Nostrano, on a single trip to Syria. It was built during the reign of the Lusignan King Peter I (1358-1369). After the Ottoman conquest in 1571, it was converted into a mosque, the Sinan Paşa Mosque; a minaret was added on the south-west corner, but it collapsed centuries ago. During colonial times it was used as a wheat store - hence the nickname “Wheat mosque”.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Tue May 10, 2016
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