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Arabahmet Mosque
Mezquita Arabahmet
Arabahmet Mosque (Şehit Salahi Şevket Sokak, north Nicosia) – this mosque was built in the late 16th century, and was named after a commander of the 1571 Ottoman army. This building was first restored in 1845 and extensively restored in the 1990s, and inside has the distinctive modest interior decorated with carpets on the floor and a green pulpit. The carpets actually hide a building secret; large tombstone slabs from the graves of Frankish knights have been reused in the floor from the church that originally stood on this site. The slabs include a tombstone for Louis de Nores, dated 1369.