Akkavuk Mosque | |
Native Name: | Akkavuk Mescidi |
Native Name Lang: | tr |
Map Type: | North Nicosia |
Map Size: | 225px |
Map Relief: | yes |
Religious Affiliation: | Islam |
Location: | North Nicosia, Cyprus |
Tradition: | Sunni |
Festivals: | --> |
Organizational Status: | --> |
Architecture Type: | mosque |
Established: | 1902 |
Date Destroyed: | --> |
Capacity: | 188 worshipers |
Interior Area: | 132 m2 |
Elevation Ft: | --> |
Akkavuk Mosque (Turkish: Akkavuk Mescidi);) is a mosque without a minaret in the Akkavuk quarter of Nicosia, currently located in North Nicosia. The mosque was built in 1902, On the site of what appeared to be a small medieval chapel or church. A smaller mosque on the site had been built in 1895. The apse of the original building with a moulded arched window of 16th-century style survived, but all such traces have now been removed.[1]
The mosque is made of cut stone (ashlar) and has a rectangular layout. It has three sharp arches in the front façade, and the space between the arches have been covered by glass in a renovation.[2] On the southern wall at opposite of the entrance, there is a mihrab and a nearby wooden mimbar.[3] The masjid also had a fountain during the British rule.[4]
The mosque has an area of 132 m2 and can hold 188 worshipers.[5]