Mosques converted from churches , cathedrals or synagogues
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Acropolis | Parthenon was used as a Christian church from the 6th century, and turned into a mosque between 1456 and 1687. | |
| Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin | There is a Crusader church in Bet Guvrin used by the Knights Hospitalers. It was later converted into a mosque | |
| Cordoba | Was a Visigoth church before being converted to a mosque in 784. Became a Church again in 1236. | |
| Damascus | 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". | |
| Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town | Tomb of the Patriarchs | |
| Istanbul | "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 | |
| Kasbah of Algiers | "Ketchaoua Mosque" was re-created in 1962 from "Cathedral of St Philippe" which itself had been created from the Ketchaoua mosque in 1845. | |
| Medieval Monuments in Kosovo | 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. | |
| Ohrid Region | 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. | |
| Old City of Acre | Synagogue | |
| Pergamon | There's now a mosque in one of the buildings of the Byzantine Red Basilica (wikitravel) | |
| Syracuse | 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) | |
| Thessalonika | Galerius' Masoleum which was turned into a church (St Gregorios and not Demitrius) and then into a mosque. | |
| Umm Al-Jimāl | "There is also a possibility that at least one of the churches was converted into a mosque after the Islamic conquest." (AB Ev) |
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