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The
Construction of this magnificent building was started in
1209 and was partially completed by 1326. Precisely in the
middle of Nicosia
stands its noblest and most arresting monument, Selimiye
Mosque once the cathedral of the Louisianan kings and now
the chief mosque of North
Cyprus. Product of the best French work of the
thirteenth century, harmonious in its proportions and
beautiful in its ornament this glorious building dominates
not only the town but the entire vicinity, while its twin
minarets, rising slender and graceful from two unfinished
Gothic towers, embody in this combination the very essence
of the Latin east and with the inclusion of the minarets,
the Ottoman architecture.
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