Ottoman period
Mevlevi Hane
Mevlevi Hane is a former Muslim dervish monastery in the Old Town and a cultural monument that shows the Ottoman religious layer in Plovdiv's history.
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The Mevlevi Hane is a former lodge of the whirling dervishes in the Old Town — a rare witness to the Sufi, mystical layer of Ottoman Plovdiv.
- Type
- dervish lodge
- Order
- Mevlevi
- Status
- cultural monument
A house of dervishes
The building served as a mevlevihane — a lodge of the Mevlevi dervish order, followers of Jalal ad-Din Rumi, known for the whirling ritual dance, the sema. It is a cultural monument.
Source trail: Wikidata — Mevlevi Hane ↗The Ottoman spiritual layer
Together with the mosques and baths, the lodge shows that Ottoman Filibe was also a centre of religious and spiritual life, not merely an administrative hub.
Source trail: Wikidata — Mevlevi Hane ↗Dating
Ottoman period
Source trail: Wikidata — Dervish Monastery, Plovdiv (Q37813757) ↗Architect/builder
not identified in the current public source
Source trail: Wikidata — Dervish Monastery, Plovdiv (Q37813757) ↗Current status
Publicly documented historic site; current access conditions still need verification.
Open map ↗Public Wikidata record
building in Plovdiv
- Type
- building
- Status/protection
- monument
Traces and evidence
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Description and historical context for Mevlevi Hane.
Source trail: Wikidata — Dervish Monastery, Plovdiv (Q37813757) ↗ -
Coordinates for Mevlevi Hane.
Source trail: Wikidata — Dervish Monastery, Plovdiv (Q37813757) ↗ -
Media and license for Mevlevi Hane: File:Portra-MevleviHane004.jpg.
Source trail: Wikimedia Commons — File:Portra-MevleviHane004.jpg ↗
Current status
Publicly documented historic site; current access conditions still need verification.
Ownership, care and institutions
The public record used here does not identify a traceable ownership or management history. This page therefore shows only verified institutional and source links.
Connected people
No people are linked in the current knowledge base.
Visit and orientation
- Coordinates
- 42.14837, 24.75281 · wikidata_coordinate
- Built/date
- Ottoman period
- Architect/builder
- not identified in the current public source
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