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The Akkule Mosque
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The Akkule Mosque made from hewn stone, is
situated between the old and new doors to the city walls, at
the Land Gate of the original Arch of (Ravelin - Akkule) in
Famagusta. In the past an Ottoman fountain was situated
north-east of the mosque. The typical Ottoman building made
of hewn stone has fortified Venetian walls facing south -
east and south - west and was built in 1618/19. Crooked and
inclined living areas came about due to the planning and
building of the fortified Venetian walls. There are windows
on the north-east and north-west outer walls with their
upper and lower parts plastered with plaster of paris. The
lower rectangular windows have frontlet with pointed stone
arches the upper windows which are smaller in size also have
pointed arches. The inside of the plaster of paris windows
are decorated with raised diamond shapes, and have double
wooden wings. There is an original stone chancel used to
empty the water from the outer side of the ceiling. There is
a compressed, arched, double winged entrance door at the
north-western wall of the mosque. The wooden wings of the
door also have the raised diamond decoration of the inside
windows' wings. Above the door there is a marble panel with
a verse of the Koran dated 1618-19. There is an arch holding
the flat roof of the mosque which stretches from east to
west. On the south-eastern wall of the mosque, there is a
downward hanging riche upon which sitting appears. The
original filing on the floor of the mosque was replaced
during restoration with diamond shaped mosque. |
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