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Cagliari

Ancient name
Carales
Modern name
Cagliari
Modern country
Italy
The port of Cagliari, located in a large bay on the south end of the island of Sardinia, is its largest city and capital. In the later Middle Ages the island was controlled first by the Pisans and then by the Aragonese, with some interference from the Genoese.
Coordinates
39.22, 9.12
World Historical Gazetteer
https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364246

The toponym Cagliari appears in La Sfera in the following places:

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Map of the location P028

Variant spellings of Cagliari in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
Calici He1, Par4
calici Tre
Porto Fo, Pnc4, Ricc14, Vat3
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Cagliari.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/cagliari/.