The Fog Bell(Tumanny Kolokol) in Chersonesus

On the territory of the Chersonese of Taurida, right by the Black Sea shore there is crossbeam with a huge bell installed on the two massive supporting columns. It is famous "foggy" bell cast from the trophy German canon in 1776. During the Crimean war it was brought out with the other bells taken from the bell-towers of the city.

In 1913 the bells turned out to be in Notre Damme Cathedral in Paris. On 6 December the same year the "prisoner" returned to Sevastopol.

It was installed on the bell tower of Chersonesse Monastery. After the monastery was closed in 1925 and the bells dismantled, this copper giant was installed on the shore for running during nasty weather and warning of danger the ships floating by the shore. Now it is a symbol of Chersonessus.


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The Byzantine Basilica
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Sevastopol(Sebastopol), Crimea, Ukraine
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The Fog Bell
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The Fog Bell
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Sevastopol(Sebastopol), Crimea, Ukraine
Sevastopol
09-Dec-2007

The Fog Bell
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Sevastopol(Sebastopol), Crimea, Ukraine
Sevastopol
11-Jul-2005

St.Vladimir Cathedral
and the Fog Bell
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Sevastopol(Sebastopol), Crimea, Ukraine
Sevastopol
11-Jul-2005

St.Vladimir Cathedral
and the Fog Bell
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Sevastopol
14-Feb-2002

The Fog Bell
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07-Nov-2001

The Fog Bell
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Sevastopol(Sebastopol), Crimea, Ukraine
Sevastopol
08-Dec-2003

The Fog Bell
307x410 ~ 32 kB
 
Sevastopol(Sebastopol), Crimea, Ukraine
Sevastopol
08-Dec-2003

The Fog Bell
307x410 ~ 36 kB
 
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Sevastopol
20-Sep-2003

The Fog Bell
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07-Nov-2001

The Fog Bell
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