The Julianus Column
It is located in the small square
between the Revenue and
Governorship offices in Ulus. 15 meter
long column which rises on a square-
shaped base is built with circular
bricks on top of each other and has a
Byzantine Era Corinthian head. It is
believed to be contructed in 362 A.C.
for the honor of Emperor Julianus’
visit to Ankara.
Zağfiran(Saffron)Han
It was constructed upon the order of
Hacı İbrahim bin Hacı Mehmet at
Atpazarı district. There is a prayer
room (Mesjit) inside the building.
Sulu Han Bazaar
few of exterior walls of shops located
at the East and South front have
survived until today. Second part at
the South end has one storey and very
narrow. It is estimated that there were
stables and depots at these collapsed
part. Walls of both parts are made up
of rubble stone. There is a three-part
small Ottoman Bazaar at the West end
of the Sulu Han.
Gordion
First settlement in Gordion located in the
Yassıhöyük village of the Polatlı province is
inhabited as the end of the 3.000 B.C. Various
layers of settlements respectively belonging
to the Hittites, the Phrygians, the Persians and
Romans were excavated in this ancient site. The
city which experienced its most glorious days
during the time of legendary King Midas (725-
695 B.C.) was declared as the capital city in the
8th century B.C. by Phrygian King Gordios. It
was destroyed in 695 B.C. by the Cimmerians and
reestablished as a commercial and military center
under the dominance of Lydians. The city which
was ruled by the Persians in 546 B.C., Alexander
the Great in 333 B.C., and Galatians in 278 B.C. and
was founded abandoned by the Roman Army in
189 B.C. It lost its importance during the Roman
Period and became a small settlement. The biggest
monumental tomb found in the Ancient site is
believed to be belonging to the King Midas and
named the Midas Tomb. The tomb has a 300
metere diameter and 55 meter height and known as
the second biggest monumental tomb in Anatolia.
Among the most important of other tombs in the
Gordion ancient site is the tomb which is believed
to be constructed in 700 B.C. The child skeleton
as well as wooden lion, horse and deer toys found
in this tomb room of the monument with 80
meter diameter and 12 meter height revealed that
this was a child’s tomb. The famous knot which
was the subject of historical legends was cut by
Macedonian King, the Alexander the Great, in this
ancient site. The untimely death of the Alexander
the Great is related to his impatient solution
instead of trying to untie the knot.
The building located in the Hacı
Doğan neighborhood is constructed in
1685 upon the demand of Shaykh al-
Islam Mehmet Emin Bey. Two floored
Sulu han’s first part has a rectangular
plan which is close to a square, a court
in the middle and two storeys. Only a
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