خرسونسوس، کریمه

Also known as Kherson, Korsun, Heracleotic Chersonesus

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.

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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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Wikidata facts

Instance of: cultural property
Country: Byzantine Empire
Located in: Sevastopol
Area: 259
Capital of: Cherson
Owned by: Ancient Greek colonization of the Northern Black Sea
Official website: chersonesos-sev.ru
Image: Комплекс " Древний город-Херсонес Таврический".Панорама древнего города..jpg