Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque

Cathederal of Saint Nicholas (1328-1571)
Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque (1571-present)
Lala Mustafa Paşa Camii
Religion
Affiliation
Districtde jure Famagusta District
de facto Gazimağusa District
Year consecrated1328
StatusActive as a mosque
Location
LocationFamagusta
de jure Cyprus
de facto Northern Cyprus
Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque is located in Cyprus
Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque
The location of Saint Sophia Cathedral in Cyprus
Geographic coordinates35°07′30″N 33°56′34″E / 35.12490°N 33.94268°E / 35.12490; 33.94268
Architecture
StyleGothic
Groundbreaking1298
Minaret(s)1

The Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Lala Mustafa Paşa Camii), originally known as the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas and later as the Saint Sophia (Ayasofya) Mosque of Mağusa, is the largest medieval building in Famagusta, Cyprus.

Built between 1298 and c. 1400, it was consecrated as a Catholic cathedral in 1328. The cathedral was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman Empire captured Famagusta in 1571 and it remains a mosque to this day. From 1954 the building has taken its name from Lala Mustafa Pasha, the grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from Sokolovići in Bosnia, who served Murat III and led Ottoman forces against the Venetians in Cyprus.