Mevlana Museum

The Mevlâna Museum, in , Turkey, started life as the dervish lodge of the Mevlevi order, better known as the whirling dervishes. It houses the mausoleum of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, a Persian Sufi mystic.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: Museum dedicated to the poet Rumi, including Rumi’s tomb
  • Also known as: “Mevlâna Museum”, “Mevlana Müzesi”, and “Mevlâna Müzesi”
  • Address: Konya, Karatay
Photo: Murat Özsoy 1958, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Selimiye Mosque and Aziziye Mosque.

Mosque
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is a 16th-century Ottoman mosque in , .

Mosque
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The is an Ottoman mosque in , . It is well known for the columned balcony of its minaret, an architectural feature rarely seen in Turkish mosques. is situated 370 metres west of Mevlana Museum.

Cemetery
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is a cemetery, which is situated 340 metres southeast of Mevlana Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Karatay and Meram.

Town
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is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 2,832 km and will be able to produce 26 GWh of electricity annually.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 1,822 km2, and its population is 348,325. is one of the central districts of , along with the districts of and .

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is a city in in Turkey, known as the city of "whirling dervishes" and for its outstanding Seljuk architecture. In 2021 metropolis had a population of 2,277,017, the sixth largest in Turkey, but the area of most interest is compact.

Mevlana Museum

Latitude
37.8707° or 37° 52′ 15″ north
Longitude
32.50499° or 32° 30′ 18″ east
Levels
4
Open location code
8G9JVGC3+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 491583514
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­mausoleum
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q902957
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Mevlana Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف مولانا”
  • Azerbaijani: “Mövlanə Muzeyi”
  • Catalan: “Museu Mevlâna”
  • Chinese: “梅乌拉那博物馆”
  • Danish: “Mevlana Museum”
  • Dutch: “Mevlana Museum”
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo Mevlana”
  • French: “Mevlana musée”
  • French: “musée Mevlâna”
  • French: “Musée Mevlâna”
  • Georgian: “მევლანას მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Mevlana Museum”
  • German: “Mevlana-Museum”
  • German: “Mevlânâ-Museum”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון מוולאנא”
  • Hindi: “मौलाना संग्रहालय”
  • Hungarian: “Mevlana Múzeum”
  • Italian: “Mausoleo di Mevlana”
  • Persian: “موزه مولوی”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Mevlana”
  • Romanian: “Mausoleul Mevlana”
  • Russian: “Музей Мевляны”
  • Slovenian: “Mevlanov muzej”
  • Spanish: “Museo Mevlâna”
  • Swedish: “Mevlânamuseet”
  • Tajik: “Осорхонаи Мавлоно”
  • Tatar: “Мәүләнә музее”
  • Turkish: “Konya Mevlevî Asitânesi”
  • Turkish: “Konya Mevlevihanesi”
  • Turkish: “Mevlana Müzesi”
  • Turkish: “Mevlânâ Müzesi”
  • Turkish: “Mevlana Türbesi”
  • Urdu: “مولانا روم میوزیم”
  • Uzbek: “Mavlono muzeyi”

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Highlights include Mevlana Müzesi and Sultan Selim Camii.

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