Test site. Anything you add or change here may be removed, and won't carry over to the live site.

← Return to gazetteer

Foa

Ancient name
Metelis
Modern name
Fuwwah
Modern country
Egypt
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.
Coordinates
31.2, 30.55
World Historical Gazetteer
https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364098
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M076

Variant spellings of Foa in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
far Bal, Laur5
Fay Urb2
foa Barb3, Borg, He2, He3, New, Ricc12, Ricc8, Ricc9, Spe, Urb1
Foa Morg, Parm2
foia Pal8
fore Med1
Fore Luc2
fot Ricc15
fozea Marc1
sia Fn12
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Foa.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/foa/.