Main Street and the St. Sophia Mosque of Magusa, Famagusta, Cyprus.

Main Street and the St. Sophia Mosque of Magusa in Famagusta, Cyprus. People and carts are on the road and a building on the left side of the road has Navy Bar written on the end wall. The Mosque was originally built 1298 to 1312 and was consecrated in 1328 as a cathedral. In 1571 Cyprus fell under Ottoman control and the cathedral was converted into a mosque, renamed the "St. Sophia Mosque of Mağusa". In 1954 it was renamed the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque.

Object Details

ID: P91635
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1930-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 116 mm x 166 mm