Selimiye Camii, Lefkoşa

Selimiye Mosque
Τέμενος Σελιμιγιέ / Selimiye Camii
View of Selimiye Mosque (former St. Sophia Cathedral) from Shacolas Tower (Ledra Street Observatory) in Nicosia, Cyprus
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam (1570–present)
District	Lefkoşa District (de facto) Nicosia District (de jure)
Year consecrated	1326
Status	Active
Location
Location	North Nicosia
State	Northern Cyprus (de facto)  Cyprus (de jure)
The location of Saint Sophia Cathedral in Cyprus Show map of Cyprus Selimiye Mosque, Nicosia (North Nicosia) Show map of North Nicosia
Geographic coordinates	35°10′35″N 33°21′52″E / 35.1765°N 33.3645°E / 35.1765; 33.3645
Architecture
Style	Gothic
Groundbreaking	1209
Specifications
Capacity	2500
Minaret(s)	2

Selimiye Mosque (Greek: Τέμενος Σελιμιγιέ Témenos Selimigié; Turkish: Selimiye Camii), historically known as Cathedral of Saint Sophia or Ayasofya Mosque (Turkish: Ayasofya Camii), is a former Christian cathedral converted into a mosque, located in North Nicosia. It has historically been the main mosque on the island of Cyprus.^[1] The Selimiye Mosque is housed in the largest and oldest surviving Gothic church in Cyprus (interior dimensions: 66 X 21 m) possibly constructed on the site of an earlier Byzantine church.

In total, the mosque has a capacity to hold 2500 worshipers with 1,750 m² (18,800 sq ft) available for worship.^[2] It is the largest surviving historical building in Nicosia, and according to sources, it "may have been the largest church built in the Eastern Mediterranean in the millennium between the rise of Islam and the late Ottoman period".^[3] It was the coronation church of the kings of Cyprus.