Alexandretta
- Ancient name
- Alexandria ad Issum
- Modern name
- Iskenderun
- Modern country
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 36.59, 36.17
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364223
Alexandretta (originally Alexandria ad Issum) is a city on the Levantine coast north of Antioch, between Soldino and Laiazzo. Particularly among Western pilgrims, it became known in the Middle Ages as Alexandretta or Alexandria Minor ("Little Alexandria") to distinguish it from the "main" Alexandria in Egypt. Campbell #1482.
The toponym Alexandretta appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P005
Variant spellings of Alexandretta in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| [...]essan[...]retta | Fn12 |
| [...]essandria | Ricc8 |
| [...]ssandretta | Laur3 |
| A[lexan]dretta | Luc2 |
| alesa[n]dretta | Ashb7 |
| alesandrertte | Chig2 |
| alesandretta | NYPL3, Pal8, Ricc11 |
| alesandria | Bal, Ricc17 |
| Alesandria | Marc2 |
| Alessandretta | Pnc4 |
| alessandretta | Med2 |
| alessandria | Fn6 |
| Alessandria | Ricc12 |
| alexa[n]dretta | ME2 |
| alexandretta | Barb4, Chig1, He3, NB, New, Ricc11, Spe |
| Alexandretta | Fo, Morg, Ricc14, Ricc6, Vat3 |
| Alexandria | Cap1, He1, Par4, Parm2 |
| alexandria | NYPL1, Tre, Urb1 |
| Alixandretta | Clas2 |
| allesandre[...] | Ricc13 |
| allesandretta | Ricc13 |
| allesandria | Ricc15 |
| allessamdretta | Pnc5 |
| Allessandretta | BL02, Fn9, Magl2 |
| allessandretta | Barb3, Con1, Cs1, Fn8, Med2, Per2 |
| Allessandria | NYPL2 |
| allessandria | Laur5 |
| allexa[n]dretta | Par1 |
| Allexandretta | BL01, Cors2, Med1, Pad1 |
| allexandretta | Borg, He2, Marc1 |
| allexandrette | Ro2 |
| Allexandria | Con3, Luc2 |
| allexandria | Con4, Pal5 |
| AllixAndrettA | Ricc9 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Alexandretta.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/alexandretta/.