Gordion
Gordion was the capital city of ancient Phrygia. It was located at the site of modern Yassıhüyük, about 70–80 km southwest of Ankara, in the immediate vicinity of Polatlı district.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: capital city of ancient Phrygia
- Also known as: “Gordium” and “Gordiyon”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Burial mound of Midas.
Burial mound of Midas
Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burial mound of Midas is situated 1½ km east of Gordion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Yassıhüyük and Kıranharmanı.
Yassıhüyük
Village
Photo: Vikiçizer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Yassıhüyük is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Polatlı of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its population is 182.
Kıranharmanı
Village
Kıranharmanı is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Polatlı, Ankara Province, Turkey. Its population is 173.
Sazlar
Village
Sazlar is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Polatlı, Ankara Province, Turkey. Its population is 248. Sazlar is situated 6 km northwest of Gordion.
Gordion
- Categories: archaeological site, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Polatlı, Ankara Province, Turkey, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.65045° or 39° 39′ 2″ northLongitude
31.9782° or 31° 58′ 42″ eastElevation
692 metres (2,270 feet)Open location code
8GFHMX2H+57OpenStreetMap ID
way 181388931OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=moundOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Uzbek—“Gordion” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Γόρδιον”
- Arabic: “غورديوم”
- Armenian: “Գորդիոն”
- Azerbaijani: “Qordion”
- Basque: “Gordio”
- Basque: “Gordion”
- Belarusian: “Гордзіян”
- Bulgarian: “Гордион”
- Catalan: “Gòrdion”
- Chinese: “勾爾底翁”
- Chinese: “戈尔迪乌姆”
- Chinese: “戈尔迪翁”
- Chinese: “戈爾迪烏姆”
- Chinese: “戈耳狄翁”
- Chinese: “戈迪翁”
- Croatian: “Gordion”
- Czech: “Gordion”
- Dutch: “Gordium”
- Esperanto: “Gordio”
- Finnish: “Gordion”
- French: “Gordion”
- Georgian: “გორდიონი”
- German: “Gordion”
- Greek: “Γόρδιον”
- Hebrew: “גורדיון”
- Hungarian: “Gordion”
- Italian: “Gordio”
- Japanese: “ゴルディオン”
- Kannada: “ಗಾರ್ಡಿಯಂ”
- Kurdish: “Gordion”
- Latin: “Gordium”
- Lithuanian: “Gordijas”
- Lithuanian: “Gordijus”
- Maltese: “Gordion”
- Maltese: “Gordium”
- Marathi: “गॉर्डियम”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Gordion”
- Norwegian: “Gordion”
- Persian: “گردیوم”
- Phrygian: “Gordum”
- Polish: “Gordion”
- Romanian: “Gordium”
- Russian: “Гордион”
- Serbian: “Гордион”
- Spanish: “Gordio”
- Swedish: “Gordion”
- Turkish: “Gordion”
- Ukrainian: “Гордіон”
- Urdu: “گوردیون”
- Uzbek: “Gordion”
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