Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora

A little bit of Greece in Ukraine 

Ruins of Chersonese

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Chersonesus (also rendered as Chersonese, Chersonesos), in medieval Greek contracted to Cherson, is an ancient Greek colony founded approximately 2,500 years ago in the southwestern part of the Crimean Peninsula. The colony was established in the 6th century BC by settlers from Heraclea Pontica.

The ancient city is located on the shore of the Black Sea at the outskirts of Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula, where it is referred to as Khersones. It has been nicknamed the "Ukrainian Pompeii". The site is now 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. - in: wikipedia