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Mosque

Zuhuri mosque

Larnaca

Zuhuri mosque: a mosque in Larnaca. 3 dated records of work on it, 2005 to 2007, with sources.

Dhekelia

Larnaca District, about 34°55′ N, 33°38′ E

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What was done when

3 records
  1. 2005

    Zuhuri mosque, Larnaca, with monastic buildings of St Lazarus church; restored in 2005.

    Repair and conservation

    Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2005», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 130 (2006), pp. 873-919 (trans. Sabine Fourrier), p. 919

  2. 2006

    Conservation of the mosque continued: lime plaster applied to the large room's interior, damaged plaster removed from the corridor and the tomb room, and cement grouting removal begun. Printed costs: Government contribution 9.418,69; Service for the Management of Turkish-Cypriot Properties 9.418,69.

    Repair and conservation

    Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2006 (Lefkosia 2008), p. 50

  3. 2007

    Restoration continued in the corridor (concrete floor replaced with gypsum marble tiles, walls plastered, windows restored) and the iliakos. Printed costs: Government contribution 9.043,14; Church Committee 9.043,14.

    Repair and conservation

    Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2007 (Lefkosia 2008), p. 46

In the literature

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  1. Undated

    Mosque in Larnaca historic centre; its inner courtyard is pictured; part of the four core monuments of Scala.

    As printed

    “The inner courtyard of the Zouhouri mosque.”

    Androula Florides, "The Preservation of Historic Urban Centres with Special Reference to Larnaca - Scala", Cyprus Today vol. 23, no. 1 (January–March 1985), pp. 17–20, p. 18.

Sources

  1. 1.Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2005», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 130 (2006), pp. 873-919 (trans. Sabine Fourrier), p. 919
  2. 2.Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2006 (Lefkosia 2008), p. 50
  3. 3.Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2007 (Lefkosia 2008), p. 46
  4. 4.Androula Florides, "The Preservation of Historic Urban Centres with Special Reference to Larnaca - Scala", Cyprus Today vol. 23, no. 1 (January–March 1985), pp. 17–20, p. 18.

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