The Mevlevihane Camii, a 13th-century Seljuk mosque, was a dervish lodge when Sultan Veled (son of dervish founder Celaleddin Rumi) made Afyon the empire's most important Mevlevi centre after Konya. Today's mosque (1908), rebuilt for the ill-fated Sultan Abdülhamid II, has twin domes and twin pyramidal roofs above its courtyard. Its museum brings the mystical dervish ways to life.
