Mosques in Cyprus - Muslim Mosque in Pyrga, Larnaca, Cyprus
The Pyrga village that belongs to the Larnaca district, was a mixed village until 1963, where Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots lived peacefully. After 1963 the Turkish Cypriot settlers abandoned their fortunes and fled to the neighbouring Turkish Cypriot village called Klavdia.
They le...
Mosques in Cyprus - Kalavasos Mosque, Kalavasos, Larnaca
The Mosque of Kalavasos is built in a very beautiful green neighbourhood. Being next to the Greek Orthodox church of Panagia Titiotissa, it witnesses that Christians and Muslims lived peacefully with one another.
Even though the Mosque was abandoned in 1967, when the Muslim settlers of Ka...
Muslim Mosque - Mosque in Alaminos, Alaminos, Larnaca
The Muslim Mosque in Alaminos is a very old building that was initially a Turkish school and was consecutively transformed into a mosque. It is found in the Turkish Cypriot part of the village on the east shore of the kseropotamos river. It is a Mosque that has no minaret.
From 1974,...
Muslim Mosque - Mosque in Peristerona
In slight distance and south of the Church of Saints Varnavas and Ilarionas, you find the Muslim Mosque of Peristerona.
The Mosque is abandoned and it is probable that it has been decades ever since the last time it received believers. It is situated in a central point of the village and ...
Halal Sultan Tekke - Dromolaxia - Aliki - Larnaca
The muslim Mosque of Hala Sultan, is found on the right side of the road from Larnaca towards the airport, on the shores of the salt lake called Alyki, It is believed that this is where the Umm Haram is buried, the wife of Ouvadas Ibn-as Sami, the general of Muawiyah, the first Arab who led the r...
