Chersonesos Cave Chruch

Useful Information

Location:	Tauric Chersonesos, Sevastopol, Crimea. (44.613133, 33.494180)
Open:	MAY to SEP daily 9-21. OCT to APR daily 9-18. Last entry 30 min earlier. [2021]
Fee:	Excavation site. Adults RUR 200, Children (0-16) free, Students (-26) RUR 100, Seniors (65+) RUR 100, Disabled free, Heroes free. Antique exposition: Adults RUR 150, Children (0-16) free, Students (-26) RUR 75, Seniors (65+) RUR 75, Disabled free, Heroes free. Byzantine exposition: Adults RUR 150, Children (0-16) free, Students (-26) RUR 75, Seniors (65+) RUR 75, Disabled free, Heroes free. Combi ticket: Adults RUR 500.00, Children (0-16) free, Students (-26) RUR 250, Seniors (65+) RUR 250, Disabled free, Heroes free. [2021]
Classification:	Cave Church, artificial
Light:	Incandescent Electric Light System
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Address:	State Historical and Archaeological Museum-Reserve “Tavricheskiy Chersonesos”, Drevnyaya street, 1, Sevastopol 299045, Crimea, Russian Federation, Tel: +7-8692-455-007. E-mail: ФГБУК “Государственный историко-археологический музей-заповедник “Херсонес Таврический”, Российская Федерация, 299045, г.Севастополь, ул.Древняя,1 Reception, Tel: +7-8692-550-278.
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History

1883	discovered during excavations by the Odessa Society of History and Antiquities.
1980-1984	S. A. Belyaev directed further excavations and provided architectural measurements of the church.

Description

On the island of Crimea, in the city of Sevastopol are the archaeological remains of the old Tauric Chersonesos. Within the third block of the main street is the entrance to an underground structure, often called the cave church.