negatives reports
Ancient city of Chersonesos
 - North area
 - South area
 - West area
 - North-East area
 - South-East area
 - Central area
 - Citadel
 - Harbour area
 - Undetermined area
Necropoleis
 - Northern
 - Western
 - Near Karantinnaya bay
 - Undetermined necropolis
Chora
 - Heraclean peninsula
Environs
 - City Environs
 - Remote Environs
Museum
 - Exhibitions
 - Staff
 - Everyday life
Unidentified
Ancient city of Chersonesos
 - North area
 - South area
 - West area
 - North-East area
 - South-East area
 - Central area
 - Citadel
 - Harbour area
 - Undetermined area
Necropoleis
 - Northern
 - Western
 - Near Karantinnaya bay
 - Undetermined necropolis
Chora
 - Heraclean peninsula
Environs
 - City Environs
 - Remote Environs
Museum
 - Exhibitions
 - Staff
 - Everyday life
Unidentified

Ancient city of Chersonesos → Central area


Central Area is the central part of the ancient city, where the main square, agora, was supposedly located in the Greco-Roman Period. In the Middle Ages, numerous churches were erected there. We should note that nowadays the most part of the area is covered with monastic buildings from the mid- or late nineteenth century. The eastern boundary of the area is transverse street 6, its eastern limitation is longitudinal (north) street I, and its south boundary is longitudinal (south) street I. The western boundary goes by transverse street 15, main (longitudinal) street, and transverse street 12.

The first excavation in the area were in 1827, when a cross church was discov-ered, where, as it was supposed at that time, prince Vladimir had been baptized. Later on, in 1853, fathers superior of St. Vladimir’s Monastery used to excavate there. They were father Vasiliy and, before the big church building started in 1861, father Yevgeniy. As of the date of the church building finished, in 1890–1892, K. K. Kostsyshko-Valyuzhinich excavated there; he also investigated western sector of the area and un-covered mediaeval residential quarters, public baths from the Roman Period, and re-mains of a large Greco-Roman house, the so-called Mint. R.Kh. Leper also excavated this area in 1910–1912.

At present, restoration of surviving archaeological sites was made in the central square because of the reconstruction of St. Vladimir’s Church.

Excavation near the hothouseExcavation near the hothouseFragments of profiled architectonic blocks from the church in the monastery vegetable garden
Bas-reliefBas-relief with schematic flat image of two horses with heads in contrary directions and highly raised tailsMint
Reliquary ChurchFence wall of the Reliquary Church near the Greco-Roman department of the museumRelief with horsemen (Dioskouroi?)
Flat relief: marble slabs with image of two treesExcavation near the hothouseArchitectural fragments from profiled outside corners of facing of the apse of the church in the monastery vegetable garden
Excavation near the hothouse? Могильная яма под городскими строительными остаткамиArchitectural fragments from the outside facing of the apse of the church in the monastery vegetable gardenExcavation near the hothouse
Architectural details from the outside facing of corners of the apse of the church in the monastery vegetable gardenExcavation near the hothouseApse of the church in the monastery vegetable garden
Excavation near the hothouseSouth wall of the church viewed from the outsideGeneral view of the church in the monastery vegetable garden


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