Converted Mosques

Connected Sites: 14

WHS that include Mosques that were converted from churches, cathedrals or synagogues.

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Connected Sites

Damascus
Inscribed: 1979
3.87
104
5
In 705 The "Church Of St John" Was Rebuilt As A Mosque (Immediately After The Muslim Conquest In 636 It Was Shared Between Christians And Muslims). Now Known As "Umayyad Mosque".
Kasbah of Algiers
Inscribed: 1992
2.52
63
4
"Ketchaoua Mosque" Was Re-Created In 1962 From "Cathedral Of St Philippe" Which Itself Had Been Created From The Ketchaoua Mosque In 1845.
Cordoba
Cordoba
Spain
Inscribed: 1984
4.18
483
9
Was A Visigoth Church Before Being Converted To A Mosque In 784. Became A Church Again In 1236.
Istanbul
Istanbul
Turkiye
Inscribed: 1985
4.38
665
12
"Hagia Sophia" Became "Ayasofya Mosque" From 1453 -1935 (Now A Museum); "Saint John The Forerunner By-The-Dome" (12th C) Became The "Hirami Ahmet Pasha Mosque" In Late 16th Century
Old City of Acre
Inscribed: 2001
3.26
205
6
Synagogue
Thessalonika
Inscribed: 1988
2.97
312
9
Galerius' Masoleum Which Was Turned Into A Church (St Gregorios And Not Demitrius) And Then Into A Mosque.
Ohrid Region
Ohrid Region
Albania, North Macedonia
Inscribed: 1979
3.40
251
7
During The Time Of Ottoman Rule St. Clement's Monastery Church At Plaosnik Was Transformed Into The Imater Mosque. The Mosque Did Not Survive The End Of The Ottoman Empire.
Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin
Inscribed: 2014
3.25
76
9
There Is A Crusader Church In Bet Guvrin Used By The Knights Hospitalers. It Was Later Converted Into A Mosque
Pergamon
Pergamon
Turkiye
Inscribed: 2014
3.56
171
6
There's Now A Mosque In One Of The Buildings Of The Byzantine Red Basilica (Wikitravel)
Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
Inscribed: 2004
3.12
157
11
Our Lady Of Ljeviš Was Converted To A Mosque During The Ottoman Empire And Then Back Into An Orthodox Church In The Early 20th Century.
Acropolis
Inscribed: 1987
4.26
668
14
Parthenon Was Used As A Christian Church From The 6th Century, And Turned Into A Mosque Between 1456 And 1687.
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
Inscribed: 2017
3.13
75
5
Tomb Of The Patriarchs
Syracuse
Inscribed: 2005
3.53
308
8
The Cathedral Of Syracuse "Was Converted Into A Mosque In 878, Then Converted Back When Norman Roger I Of Sicily Retook The City In 1085." (Wiki)
See En.Wikipedia.Org
Umm Al-Jimāl
Inscribed: 2024
2.85
29
4
"There Is Also A Possibility That At Least One Of The Churches Was Converted Into A Mosque After The Islamic Conquest." (Ab Ev)