To Identification of Immovable and Intangible Cultural Values of Sacred Historical Buildings Together: Mevlana Tomb and Selimiye Mosque Examples

The historical sacred spaces are cultural heritage that must be protected and sustained because they are the phrase and the evidence of the common history of humanity. The historical sacred buildings such as temples, tombs, mausoleums are immovable cultural properties with the architecture formed by the belief system also intangible cultural heritages with their sacred values which are attributed or transmited by architectural symbols.These places and/or buildings gain the sacred identity to the city in which they exist as the symbols carrying the religious and historical accumulation. In this study, the bound between sacred place, city identity and symbolism is explained upon Mawlana Tomb, Mevleviyeh Dargah and Selimiye Mosque, the sacred places of Mawlana Complex in Konya, which is identified with Hadrat Hadrat Mawlana Jalal Al-Din Muhammad Rumi who is one of the greatest poets and Sufi masters in Islam. The aim of this approach is to emphasize in terms of sustainability of the importance of defining architectural values and sacred values together of these historical sacred structures which are immovable cultural heritages.

Anahtar Kelimeler: Cultural Heritage, Sacred Place, Mawlana Tomb, Mevleviyeh Dargah, Selimiye Mosque

The historical sacred spaces are cultural heritage that must be protected and sustained because they are the phrase and the evidence of the common history of humanity. The historical sacred buildings such as temples, tombs, mausoleums are immovable cultural properties with the architecture formed by the belief system also intangible cultural heritages with their sacred values which are attributed or transmited by architectural symbols.These places and/or buildings gain the sacred identity to the city in which they exist as the symbols carrying the religious and historical accumulation. In this study, the bound between sacred place, city identity and symbolism is explained upon Mawlana Tomb, Mevleviyeh Dargah and Selimiye Mosque, the sacred places of Mawlana Complex in Konya, which is identified with Hadrat Hadrat Mawlana Jalal Al-Din Muhammad Rumi who is one of the greatest poets and Sufi masters in Islam. The aim of this approach is to emphasize in terms of sustainability of the importance of defining architectural values and sacred values together of these historical sacred structures which are immovable cultural heritages.

Keywords: Cultural Heritage, Sacred Place, Mawlana Tomb, Mevleviyeh Dargah, Selimiye Mosque