{"id":123514,"date":"2020-01-30T08:52:36","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T08:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sumfinity.com\/photo\/selimiye-mosque\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T03:09:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T03:09:45","slug":"selimiye-moskee-nicosia-cyprus","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/sumfinity.com\/nl\/fotos\/cyprus-nl\/nicosia-nl\/selimiye-mosque\/","title":{"rendered":"Selimiye-moskee | Nicosia, Cyprus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>De Selimiye-moskee is een van de meest fascinerende gebouwen in Noord<a href=\"https:\/\/sumfinity.com\/category\/hdr-photos\/cyprus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">-Cyprus<\/a>. Het is ook het grootste gebouw in Nicosia dat al zoveel eeuwen heeft standgehouden. Zoals sommige bronnen zeggen: het \u201ewas mogelijk de grootste kerk die in het oostelijke Middellandse Zeegebied werd gebouwd in het millennium tussen de opkomst van de islam en de late Ottomaanse periode\u201c<\/p>\n<p>De naam \u201eSelimiye\u201c komt van de Griekse woorden \u201eAiya Sophia\u201c \u2013 Heilige Wijsheid. Deze naam werd in eerste instantie gegeven aan de Byzantijnse kerk die hier in de elfde eeuw werd gebouwd. Hoewel er geen overblijfselen van deze kerk zijn gevonden, wordt het bestaan ervan in dit deel van de stad vermeld in een manuscript. De bouw van de gotische kerk begon in de 13e eeuw tijdens de Frankische periode en duurde meer dan 78 jaar. De orthodoxe kerk werd in de Ottomaanse periode na het jaar 1570 omgebouwd tot moskee.<\/p>\n<p>Vandaag is de <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Selimiye_Mosque,_Nicosia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Selimiye-moskee<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/sumfinity.com\/nl\/fotos\/cyprus-nl\/nicosia-nl\/cityscape-panorama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nicosia<\/a> de hele dag open voor bezoekers, behalve tijdens de gebedstijden. We waren er midden op de dag, in een lentemaand op Cyprus. Het felle licht dat door de grote ramen naar binnen viel, liet het bordeauxrode tapijt en de groene versieringen schitteren. Het tapijt dempte elk geluid van de voetstappen, zodat je alleen het gefluister van de bezoekers kon horen. De stilte werd slechts af en toe onderbroken door vaag gebed, en de helderheid van de ruimte zorgde voor een onvergetelijke indruk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De Selimiye Moskee is een van de meest fascinerende gebouwen in Noord-Cyprus. Het is ook het grootste gebouw dat zoveel eeuwen in Nicosia heeft overleefd. 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