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Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora

Cultural World Heritage property in Russia and Ukraine, inscribed in 2013 under criteria (ii), (v).

Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora, Russia
Photo: Dmitry A. Mottl · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
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States Parties
RussiaUkraine
Year of inscription
2013
Criteria
iiv
Area of property
259 ha
Location
Sevastopol
What it is
group
Component parts
8 (serial property)
Reference
WHC 1411 · Wikidata Q64532917

Why it is on the List

(ii)Shows a major exchange of ideas — in architecture, technology, art, town planning or landscape design — over time or across a cultural area.(v)An outstanding example of a traditional settlement or use of land or sea that represents a culture, especially one now vulnerable.
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