Eskişehir - Ankara İl Sınırı

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8.6 km · Gordion was the capital city of ancient Phrygia. It was located at the site of modern Yassıhüyük, about 70–80 km (43–50 mi) southwest of Ankara, in the immediate vicinity of Polatlı district. Gordion's location at the confluence of the Sakarya and Porsuk rivers gave it a strategic location with control over fertile land. Gordion lies where the ancient road between Lydia and Assyria/Babylonia crossed the Sangarius river. Occupation at the site is attested from the Early Bronze Age continuously until the 4th century CE and again in the 13th and 14th centuries CE. The Citadel Mound at Gordion is approximately 13.5 hectares in size, and at its height habitation extended beyond this in an area approximately 100 hectares in size. Gordion is the type site of Phrygian civilization, and its well-preserved destruction level of c. 800 BCE is a chronological linchpin in the region. The long tradition of tumuli at the site is an important record of elite monumentality and burial practice during the Iron Age.

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10.0 km · Gordion Museum is in Yassıhüyük village of Polatlı district of Ankara. Although King Midas's tumulus is in the museum, King Midas's skull was later taken to the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations. His skeleton is claimed to have been lost later.

10.1 km · Midas Mound, located in Polatlı, Ankara, is a significant historical structure found in the ancient Phrygian capital of Gordion. This monumental tomb, approximately 300 meters in diameter and 53 meters high, is known as the second-largest tumulus in Anatolia and dates back to the mid-8th century BC. Inside, there is a burial chamber made of oak logs, considered the oldest surviving wooden architectural structure in the world. Although popularly believed to belong to King Midas, excavations suggest the tomb most likely belongs to his father, King Gordios. The tumulus is within 88 meters walking distance of the Gordion Museum, and some of the artifacts unearthed from the burial chamber are displayed in the Gordion Museum, while the majority are in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations.

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14.3 km · Duatepe Martyrs' Memorial is a historic monument located in Polatlı, Ankara. Situated on the last defense line of the Sakarya Battle, Duatepe was the first hill recaptured from the enemy during the Turkish War of Independence, symbolizing a turning point in the war. Designed by State Artist sculptor Metin Yurdanur, the monument was opened on September 12, 2000, and bears the names of 81 martyrs.

14.5 km · Mehmetçik Monument is a monumental sculpture featuring a Turkish soldier on Kartaltepe of Polatlı, a rural area of Ankara Province, Turkey. The name of the monument Mehmetçik is the diminutive form of the common name Mehmet, which is used to nickname Turkish soldiers.

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21.2 km · Polatlı is a municipality and district of Ankara Province, Turkey. Its area is 3,618 km2, and its population is 128,378. It is 80 km west of the Turkish capital Ankara, on the road to Eskişehir.

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