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Gordion (Gordum; Γόρδιον, Górdion; Gordion; Gordiyon; Gordium) was the capital city of ancient Phrygia. It was at the site of modern Yassıhüyük, about 70–80 km SW 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 c. 2300 BCE continuously until the 300s CE and again in the 1200s and 1300s. The Citadel Mound at Gordion is about 13.5 ha in size, and at its height habitation extended beyond this in an area about 100 ha 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.

In 2023, it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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