Chersonese

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Chersonese is an ancient Greek colony and later Roman-Byzantine city on the Crimean Peninsula, renowned for its well-preserved archaeological remains and historical significance in the Black Sea region.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Chersonesus 7
Chersonesus Taurica 7
Tauric Chersonese 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman-Byzantine city ⓘ
World Heritage Site ⓘ
ancient Greek colony ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chersonesos ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese

Chersonesus ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese

Chersonesus Taurica ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese

Korsun ⓘ
country Ukraine ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek ⓘ
Byzantine ⓘ
Roman ⓘ
economy grain production ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
excavatedBy archaeologists from the 19th century onward ⓘ
foundedBy Greek colonists ⓘ
settlers from Heraclea Pontica ⓘ
foundedInCentury 5th century BC ⓘ
governingBody National Preserve of Tauric Chersonesos ⓘ
hasPart basilicas ⓘ
city walls ⓘ
harbour installations ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ
public buildings ⓘ
residential quarters ⓘ
rural chora ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
heritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(v) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor role in Black Sea trade ⓘ
urban and rural planning ⓘ
well-preserved archaeological remains ⓘ
locatedIn Black Sea region ⓘ
Crimean Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Crimea
near modern Sevastopol ⓘ
partOf Byzantine Empire ⓘ
Roman Empire ⓘ
Taurica ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Greek polytheism ⓘ
significantPeriod Byzantine period ⓘ
Classical antiquity ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman period ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 2013 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 1411 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chersonesus Taurica archaeological site → alsoKnownAs → Chersonesus Taurica ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Chersonesus Taurica archaeological site → alsoKnownAs → Chersonesos ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Taurica → knownAs → Tauric Chersonese ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Taurica → knownAs → Chersonesus Taurica ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Taurica → hasColony → Chersonesus ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Taurica → hasPortCity → Chersonesus ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Taurida Governorate → namedAfter → Tauric Chersonese ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
History of Crimea → hasAncientColony → Chersonesus ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Northern Black Sea Greek colonies → hasMajorCenter → Chersonesus Taurica ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Eumenes of Cardia → birthPlace → Chersonese ⓘ
Chersonese → alsoKnownAs → Chersonesus ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Chersonese → alsoKnownAs → Chersonesos ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Chersonese → alsoKnownAs → Chersonesus Taurica ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Justinian II → placeOfExile → Cherson ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Vladimir Sviatoslavich → baptizedIn → Chersonesus Taurica ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Tauris → correspondsTo → Tauric Chersonese ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Martin I → deathPlace → Chersonesus ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Martin I → exiledTo → Chersonesus ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Heraclea Pontica → hadColony → Chersonesus ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Tauric Peninsula → knownAs → Tauric Chersonese ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Tauri → associatedWith → Tauric Chersonese ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Tauri → interactedWith → Chersonesus Taurica ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese
Christianity in Crimea → associatedWithCity → Chersonesus Taurica ⓘ
linked to: Chersonese