Mevlana Museum
Mevlana Museum is a museum that has been operating since 1926 in the building complex in Konya, which used to be Mevlana's lodge. It is also known as "Mevlana Tomb".
The Green Dome, the tomb of Mevlana, was built on four thick columns. After that day, the structure has expanded with various additions on different dates. The fact that some of the Ottoman sultans belonged to the Mevlevi order ensured that the tomb was given special importance and well protected.
While the museum area was 6.500 m² with its garden, it has reached 18.000 m² with the sections organized as the Rose Garden by expropriation. It is said that the belly of the fountain built by Selim I in the garden of the museum was gifted by the Germiyanoğulları Principality.
Before it was free, it was the second highest revenue generating museum for the Ministry of Culture to which it was affiliated.
In Ahmed Eflaki's book, "The Legends of the Arifs", in which legends are told about Mevlana, there is a rumor that Mevlana said to the sultan of the period who wanted to build a tomb for his father, "don't bother since you can't build something more magnificent than the sky". The tomb was built after the death of Mevlana.
