Gordion
The capital of ancient Phrygia, about 70 to 80 km south-west of Ankara where the Sakarya and Porsuk rivers meet. It is the city of the Gordian Knot and of King Midas, and a huge burial mound rises beside the citadel.
- Where
- Polatlı, Ankara, Türkiye
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 39.6501, 31.9786
Get the Gordion stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Gordion. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Ankara volume with your photos and a note.
Near Gordion
Anıtkabir 79 km
The mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk on a hill in Ankara, designed by Emin Onat and Orhan Arda and built between 1944 and 1953. A long avenue lined with stone lions leads to the tomb, and wooded Peace Park surrounds the complex.
Kocatepe Mosque 81 km
The largest mosque in Ankara, built between 1967 and 1987 in the Kocatepe quarter of Kızılay. Its great dome and four minarets, in the classical Ottoman style, can be seen from almost anywhere in the centre of the city.
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations 82 km
An archaeology museum below Ankara Castle, set in an old Ottoman bazaar storehouse and the Kurşunlu Han. It began as a Hittite museum and traces Anatolia from the Stone Age through the Hittites, Phrygians and Urartians.
Ankara Castle 82 km
A hilltop fortress over old Ankara, first fortified by the Phrygians in the 8th century BC and rebuilt by the Galatians. Romans, Byzantines, Seljuks and Ottomans all repaired its walls, and old houses still cluster inside them.
Odunpazarı 125 km
The historic quarter of Eskişehir, on the hill above the modern city, where restored Ottoman houses in bright colours line cobbled streets. Small museums and craft shops fill the old homes.
Safranbolu 188 km
A hill town 9 km north of Karabük whose old quarter of timber-framed Ottoman houses has survived almost whole. It takes its name from saffron, once grown and traded here, and the old town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Mevlâna Museum 203 km
The former lodge of the Mevlevi order, the whirling dervishes, in Konya. Under its green tiled dome lies the tomb of Rumi, the Sufi mystic and poet whose followers founded the order.
Hattusa 229 km
The capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age, its ruins spread over rugged hills by the town of Boğazkale. Stone lions still guard one of the gates in its long city walls, and great temple foundations lie below.
Questions
Where is Gordion?
Gordion is in Polatlı, Ankara, Türkiye. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Anıtkabir (79 km), Kocatepe Mosque (81 km), Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (82 km).
How do I get the Gordion stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Gordion and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Ankara volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Gordion before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Ankara volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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