Chersonesos

settlement · 750 BC – 1453 AD

Chersonesos was an ancient Greek colony founded in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula, ancient Taurica. Settlers from Heraclea Pontica established the site in the sixth century B.C.

Coordinates

44.61109, 33.49226

Also known as

C'hersones (br), Cherson, Kherson (grc), Chersones (de), Chersonesus (en), Chersonésos (cs), Heraclea Cherronesus, Korsun, Korsun' (ru), Megarike, Quersonès (ca), Taurijski Herson (bs), Ĥersoneso (eo), Χερρόνησος (grc), Χερσόνησος η Ταυρική (el), Χερσών (grc), Корсунь (ru), Херсанес Таўрычаскі (be), Херсонес Таврически (bg), تاوريس خيرسون (ar)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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