THE AKKULE MOSQUE
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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