Famagusta
- Ancient name
- Arsinoe
- Modern name
- Famagusta
- Modern country
- Cyprus
- Coordinates
- 35.13, 33.94
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364276
Famagusta is a port on the island of Cyprus, which grew in the Middle Ages from a small village to one of the richest cities in the medieval world, especially after the fall of Acre in 1291, when many Levantine Christians decamped to Lusignan-controlled Cyprus. The city was seized by the Genoese in 1372 and the Venetians in 1489.
The toponym Famagusta appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P059
Variant spellings of Famagusta in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| fama gosta | He1 |
| fama[...] | Cors2 |
| famag[...] | Ricc6 |
| famaghosta | Bal, Chig2, Fn8, Laur3, Laur5, Med3, Pal6, Pal8, Ricc12, Ricc13, Ricc8, Yale4 |
| Famaghosta | Con3 |
| famagossa | Con1 |
| famagosta | Barb3, Barb4, Borg, Chig1, Con4, Fn6, Fo, He2, He3, ME2, Med2, Morg, NB, New, Pad1, Par4, Pnc3, Pnc4, Ricc11, Ricc15, Ricc9, Urb1, Wie1 |
| FAMAGOSTA | BL01 |
| Famagosta | BL02, Pal5, Parm2, Per2, Ricc14, Vat3 |
| famagosto | Spe, Tre |
| famao aghosta | Ashb3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Famagusta.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/famagusta/.