- The Bell of
Chersonesos,
located close to the
ruins of
Chersonesos Taurica, Crimea, is the
symbol of
Chersonesos and one of the main
sights of Sevastopol...
- Khersones. The site is part of the
National Preserve of
Tauric Chersonesos. The name
Chersonesos in Gr****
means "peninsula" and
aptly describes the site on...
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Chersonesos A is an
early Medieval Black Sea
shipwreck located in
suboxic waters off the
coast of
Crimean peninsula. The ship is
believed to be a Byzantine...
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Thracian Chersonese (Ancient Gr****: Θρακικὴ Χερσόνησος, romanized: Thrakiké
Chersónesos; Latin:
Chersonesus Thracica). The
peninsula runs in a south-westerly...
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modern settlement of
Hersonissos is the site of the
ancient town of
Chersonesos, an
important seaport from
classical Greece through Byzantine times that...
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conquered Colchis, Cappadocia, Bithynia, the Gr****
colonies of the
Tauric Chersonesos and for a
brief time the
Roman province of Asia. Thus, this
Persian dynasty...
- city,
there are well-preserved
ruins of the
ancient Gr**** port city of
Chersonesos,
founded in the 5th
century BC by
settlers from
Heraclea Pontica. This...
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Chersonesos or
Chersonesus (Gr****: Χερσόνησος) was an
ancient city of
Magna Graecia in Sicily, Italy. It was one of the
oldest Gr****
colonies in Sicily...
- The word is
derived from the Gr**** term for "peninsula", χερσόνησος
chersonēsos, from χέρσος
chersos ("dry land") + νῆσος nēsos (island). It was applied...
- in the city, St.
Nicholas Church, was
built in 1778 and the Bell of
Chersonesos was
originally cast for it. Much
further development took
place under...
