File:The mosque of Ziya Pasha.jpg

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English: According to records the mosque was built in 1837 and took its name Ziyia Pasha Mosque after restoration in the Islamic year of 1279 (1862/63), in the name of Sultan Abdulazziz, by poet Ziyia Pasha, who served as administrator of Cyprus when Ali Pasha was Grand Vizier.

A school was also built next to the mosque and dedicated to Sultan Abdulazziz.

Ziyia Pasha also established a fund for the maintenance of the mosque and the school.

The minaret was designed and constructed by building master Toulis Karakannas, who was an Evkaf employee, and the structure was repaired in 1891 and again in 1930.

Recent restoration began in 2001 under an initiative of the Dali Municipal Authority and was completed in June 2006. It’s financing was undertaken by the Department for Administration of Turkish Cypriot Properties and the Interior Ministry.
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Camera location35° 01′ 32.21″ N, 33° 25′ 23.64″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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