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Phanagoria

Phanagoria
Φαναγόρεια (in Ancient Greek)
The remains of the wall of a small structure are seen in the foreground, the Sea of Azov is visible in the background.
The remains of Phanagoria
Phanagoria lies in the south of European Russia, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
Phanagoria lies in the south of European Russia, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
Shown within Krasnodar Krai
Phanagoria lies in the south of European Russia, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
Phanagoria lies in the south of European Russia, between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov
Phanagoria (European Russia)
LocationSennoy, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
RegionTaman Peninsula
Coordinates45°16′37″N 36°57′58″E / 45.27694°N 36.96611°E / 45.27694; 36.96611
TypeSettlement
Area75 ha (190 acres)
History
BuilderSettlers from Teos
FoundedApproximately 543 BC
PeriodsArchaic Greek to Medieval
CulturesGreek, Bulgar, Khazar
Site notes
ConditionRuined
Not to be confused with Fangoria.
A terracotta vessel in the shape of a sphinx, 5th century BC. One of 26 similar pieces discovered in a feminine necropolis ("Demeter's priestess") near Phanagoria. On exhibit at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

Phanagoria (Ancient Greek: Φαναγόρεια, romanized: Phanagóreia; Russian: Фанагория, romanized: Fanagoriya) was the largest ancient Greek city on the Taman peninsula, spread over two plateaus along the eastern shore of the Cimmerian Bosporus.

The city was a large emporium for all the traffic between the coast of the Maeotian marshes and the countries on the southern side of the Caucasus. It was the eastern capital of the Bosporan Kingdom, with Panticapaeum being the western capital. Strabo described it as a noteworthy city which was renowned for its trade.[1] It was briefly a Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese while a medieval Genoese colony under the name Matrega, it remains a Latin Catholic titular see.

Today the site is located at a short distance to the west of Sennoy in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Another ancient Greek city, Hermonassa, lies 25 kilometres (16 mi) to the west, on the shoreline of modern Taman.

  1. ^ Strabo, Geographica 11.2.10

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