Built during the Ottoman period in the village of Deneia in the Nicosia area, the mosque was the main Muslim religious building of the region.

Deneia/Denya mosque was built during the Ottoman period and renovated in the late 19th or early 20th century. The information we have about its history is very limited and the only written evidence is from the archival documentation repair work, which took place in 1890 and 1907. Some information from the current habitants of Deneia says that there was a building at the surrounding area of the mosque that formed the Muslim elementary school. The mosque was probably demolished in the first decade of the 20th century in order to build a new one. From the British period until today the mosque has been in ruin. Despite the lack of historical information about the mosque, it remains one of the rare remaining ruins of Ottoman architecture preserved in the region of Nicosia. It holds great historical, architectural and cultural significance.