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Chersonesus
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Chersonesus, contracted in medieval Greek to Cherson (), was an ancient Greek colony founded approximately 2,500 years ago in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula. Settlers from Heraclea Pontica in Bithynia established the colony in the 6th century BC.
Chersonesus was an ancient Greek settlement established around 2,500 years ago on the southwestern coast of Crimea by colonists from what is now Turkey. It represents an important example of Greek expansion and settlement in distant regions during classical antiquity.
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Key facts
- Ancient site.name
- Chersonesus
- Ancient site.native_name
- ΧερσόνησοςХерсонес
- Ancient site.alternate_name
- Chersonese, Chersonesos, Cherson, Korsun
- Ancient site.image
- Chersonesos ruins.jpg
- Ancient site.caption
- St. Vladimir's Cathedral overlooks the extensive excavations of Chersonesus.
- Ancient site.map_type
- Sevastopol#Ukraine#Russia
- Ancient site.map_size
- 270
- Ancient site.relief
- yes
- Ancient site.location
- Gagarinsky District, Sevastopol
- Ancient site.region
- Taurica
- Ancient site.type
- Settlement
- Ancient site.part_of
- National Reserve "Khersones Tavriiskyi"
- Ancient site.builder
- Settlers from Heraclea Pontica
- Ancient site.built
- 6th century BC
- Ancient site.abandoned
- Around 1400 AD
- Ancient site.epochs
- Classical Greece to Late Middle Ages
- Ancient site.cultures
- Greek, Roman, Hunnic, Byzantine
- Ancient site.excavations
- 1827
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- Area
- 259
- Official website
- chersonesos-sev.ru
- Image
- Комплекс " Древний город-Херсонес Таврический".Панорама древнего города..jpg
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- Commons category
- Chersonesos Taurica
- Commons gallery
- Херсонес Таврический
- directions
- Древняя улица, 1
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15 sectionsContents
- History
- Greek colony
- Byzantine era
- Ecclesiastical history
- Remains
- Archaeological site
- The 1935 basilica
- Museum contents
- Current studies
- Problems and controversies
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography and further reading
- Sources and external links
Chersonesus, contracted in medieval Greek to Cherson (), was an ancient Greek colony founded approximately 2,500 years ago in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula. Settlers from Heraclea Pontica in Bithynia established the colony in the 6th century BC.
The ancient city was located on the shore of the Black Sea on the outskirts of present-day Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula, where it is referred to as Khersones. The site is part of the National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos. The name Chersonesos in Greek means "peninsula" and aptly describes the site on which the colony was established. It should not be confused with the Tauric Chersonese, a name often applied to the whole of the southern Crimea.
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