Chersonesus
Chersonesus, contracted in medieval Greek to Cherson (Χερσών), was an ancient Greek colony founded approximately 2,500 years ago in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula.
Chersonesus, contracted in medieval Greek to Cherson (Χερσών), 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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Worth seeing in and around Chersonesus
7 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Chersonesus Cathedral
The Chersonesus Cathedral, officially Saint Vladimir's Cathedral in Chersonesus or Saint Volodymyr's Cathedral in Chersonesus, is a Russian Orthodox cathedral on the site of Chersonesos Taurica on the outskirts of Sevastopol, on the disputed territory of the Crimean Peninsula, in Ukraine. The cathedral is dedicated to Saint Vladimir, as the presumed place of his baptism.
100 m · neo-Byzantine Russian Orthodox cathedral on the Crimean Peninsula · Wikipedia - 02St. Vladimir's Cathedral
St. Vladimir's Cathedral is an Orthodox church in Sevastopol which was built in the aftermath of the Crimean War as a memorial to the heroes of the Siege of Sevastopol.
2.4 km · Russian Orthodox church in Sevastopol · Wikipedia - 03Sunken Ships Monument
The Monument to the Sunken Ships is the symbol of the city of Sevastopol, on the disputed Crimean peninsula. Located in Sevastopol Bay, it was designed by Amandus Adamson and built by Valentin Feldmann in 1905.
2.6 km · monument in Sevastopol · Wikipedia - 04Bell of Chersonesos
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. It was cast before the foundation of Sevastopol for the Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker Church in Taganrog, which was the Russian Navy's military base at that time.
200 m · Landmark in Crimea · Wikipedia - 05Sevastopol Sports Complex
Sevastopol Sports Complex is a football stadium in Sevastopol, located in the Crimea. It is currently used for football matches, and was the home of FC Sevastopol in the Ukrainian Premier League.
4 km · football stadium in Sevastopol, Crimea · Wikipedia - 06Sevastopol State University
Sevastopol National Technical University, formerly known as the Sevastopol Engineering Institute, is a university in Sevastopol, Crimea.
2.3 km · university in Sevastopol, Crimea · Wikipedia - 07Mikhail Kroshitsky Sevastopol Art Museum
The M.Kroshitsky Sevastopol Art Museum is an art museum located in the Crimean city of Sevastopol. The museum is located in the centre of the city, in a "remarkable" four-story mansion with a "magnificently decorated facade," built in the late 19th century by the "personal honorary citizen of Sevastopol" merchant Semyon Gavalov.
2.3 km · The Mikhail Kroshitsky Sevastopol Art Museum' is an art museum (formerly the Sevastopol Art Museum) located in the Crimean city of Sevastopol.9 Nakhimova Prospect, Sevastopol · Wikipedia
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Getting to Chersonesus
- Stations
- Sevastopol, 2.4 km · Port of Sevastopol, 2.7 km
- Constanța → Chersonesus1761 km · quickest by road, 52h 55m · lei680–900
- Iaşi → Chersonesus1789 km · quickest by air, 10h 41m · lei910–1,400
- Bacău → Chersonesus1715 km · quickest by air, 8h 44m · lei890–1,370
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No local-transport research exists yet for Chersonesus
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Chersonesus. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundGetting around Sevastopol, on a day to day basis, can be done by foot, by mini-bus (marshrutka), and by city bus.
- Get aroundBuses and marshrutkas are economical, though often crowded, with marshrutkas being faster and slightly more expensive.
- Go nextYou can get there by taking the ferry (parom in Russian) from the city center to Severnaya and then a short ride by marshrutka.
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Next door to Chersonesus
Chersonesus is 2 km from Sevastopol, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Sevastopol Municipalitycity council in the southwestern region of the Crimean Peninsula3.8 km
- Leninsky Districtadministrative raion (district) of the city of Sevastopol3.2 km