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The text related to the cultural heritage 'Ancient City of Tauric Chersonese and its Chora' has mentioned 'City' in the following places:
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The ancient city is located on the shore of the Black Sea on the outskirts of present-day Sevastopol on the Crimean Peninsula, where it is referred to as Khersones (Russian: xd0xa5xd0xb5xd1x80xd1x81xd0xbexd0xbdxd0xb5xd1x81). | WIKI |
Between approximately 705 and 840, the city's affairs were managed by elected officials called babaghuq, meaning "father of the city". | WIKI |
In 833, Emperor Theophilus sent the nobleman Petronas Kamateros, who had recently overseen the construction of the Khazar fortress of Sarkel, to take direct control over the city and its environs, establishing the theme of Klimata/Cherson. | WIKI |
The city fell under Genoese control in the early 13th century. | WIKI |
Chersonesus had been a Roman pre-Great Schism, later Greek/Orthodox, episcopal see for centuries, elevated early to the rank of archbishopric, since it is mentioned as such in the Notitiae Episcopatuum; it disappeared after the Turkish conquest in 1475 and the destruction of the city. | WIKI |
The surrounding land under the control of the city, the chora, consists of several square kilometres of ancient but now barren farmland, with remains of wine presses and defensive towers. | WIKI |
Burned remnants suggest that the city was plundered and destroyed. | WIKI |
Tauric Chersonese and its chora are the remains of an ancient city, founded in the 5th century BCE as a colonial settlement of the Dorian Greeks, located on the Heraclean Peninsula in south-west Crimea. | UNESCO |
The significant archaeological ruins of the city retain physical remains constructed between the 5th century BCE and the 13th century AD laid out on an orthogonal grid system. | UNESCO |
The city maintained its strategic role over almost two millennia and provides a unique example for the continuity and longevity of a mercantile outpost connecting the different Black Sea trade routes. | UNESCO |
The remains of the division walls, fortifications, farmsteads and the characteristic grid layout embodied the lifestyles of the cityxe2x80x99s inhabitants and illustrate the agricultural use and continuity of the landscape despite later changes in production. | UNESCO |
The authenticity in setting and location is partly affected, predominantly by the 20th century constructions which destroyed parts of the ancient city but also by urban encroachments and infrastructure projects close to the chora sites. | UNESCO |