Foa
- Ancient name
- Metelis
- Modern name
- Fuwwah
- Modern country
- Egypt
- Coordinates
- 31.2, 30.55
Foa (now Fuwwah, Egypt) is a city in the Nile delta about 30 kilometers south of Rosetta, i.e. further up the river toward Cairo. In the Middle Ages it was bigger than Rosetta and had a large Christian population with its own bishop. Campbell #1549.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M076
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Foa.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/foa/.