Alto Luogo
- Ancient name
- Agios Theologos
- Modern name
- Selçuk (formerly Ayasoluk)
- Modern country
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 37.95, 27.37
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364226
While Ephesus was a well-known Roman port along the coast of Asia Minor, by Dati's day its river mouth had silted up and settlement had shifted about a kilometer away to a hilltop site known as Agios Theologos under the Byzantines, of which the Turkish Ayasoluk (also Ayasuluk) and Italianized Alto Luogo (Italian for "High Place") are derivatives. While Dati's text mentions both Ephesus and Alto Luogo, the maps in the Sfera manuscripts generally only label Alto Luogo (between Messi to the south and Lesmirre to the north). Campbell #1392.
The toponym Alto Luogo appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P008
Variant spellings of Alto Luogo in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| Alitoluogho | Yale4 |
| alto locho | Marc1 |
| Alto loco | Clas2 |
| alto loco | Pnc3 |
| alto loro | Spe |
| Alto lugo | Ricc6 |
| alto luocho | He1, Par4 |
| alto luogho | Chig2, He2, ME2, Pal5, Pal6, Pnc5 |
| Alto luogho | NYPL2, Ricc12, Ricc17 |
| Alto luogo | Cors2, Marc2, NYPL3, Pad1, Par3, Ricc9, Vat2 |
| alto luogo | Borg, Cs1, Fn12, Fn6, Fo, Laur3, Magl2, Parm2, Ricc11, Ricc13, Ricc8, Ro2, Tre, Urb1 |
| Alto Luogo | Vat3 |
| ALTO LUOGO | Med3 |
| ALTO LVOCHO | Wie1 |
| Alto uocha | Bal |
| altolingo | Ricc1 |
| altolocho | Par1 |
| altolucho | Fn8 |
| altolugo | Con4 |
| altoluogho | Pal8 |
| Altoluogho | Laur5 |
| Altoluogo | BL01, BL02, Con1, Fn9, Morg, Par2, Ricc14 |
| altoluogo | Barb3, Barb4, He3, Med2, NB, New, Per2, Ricc15 |
| ALTOLVO GOO | Ashb3 |
| M[a]lto luogo | Cap1 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Alto Luogo.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/alto-luogo/.