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This is none other than the former St Sophia Cathedral, built in the early 13C in a fine Gothic style. For three centuries, the Frankish kings of Cyprus were crowned beneath its lofty vaulted ceiling. No sooner had the Turks taken the city in 1570 than they turned it into a mosque. While the paintings and stained-glass windows have disappeared, a few sculpted images of saints and kings remain on the façade, as does an Agnus Dei at the entrance of the former chapel to the left of the nave.
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Things to see and donearby
- The Green Guide32 m - Lefkosa
- The Green Guide482 m - Girne Caddesi, Lefkosa
- The Green Guide518 m - Plateia Archiepiskopou Kyprianou, Nicosie
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Where to sleepnearby
- From €52Unique Studios Phaneromenis 41 - Down Town Nicosia314 m - 41 Phaneromenis, 1011 Nicosia
- From €40Kipros Accommodation524 m - Vasileiou Voulgaroktonou 16A, 1010 Nicosia
- From €45Centrum Hotel - City Center712 m - 15 Pasikratous str., Eleftherias Square, 1011 Nicosia
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