Foia
- Ancient name
- Phocaea
- Modern name
- Foça
- Modern country
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 38.67, 26.75
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364280
Foia was the medieval name for ancient Phocaea, located along the west coast of Asia Minor between Landermitti and Lesmirre and a rich source of the mineral alum, which was crucial to the textile trade. Like its island neighbor Mytilene, Foia was controlled by the Genoese in the later Middle Ages, first in fief from the Byzantines and later from the Ottomans. Campbell #1381.
The toponym Foia appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P063
Variant spellings of Foia in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| foglie | Luc2, Med1, Pal8 |
| foia | Bal, Cap1, Con4, Fn6, Fn8, Fn9, Laur3, Laur5, Marc2, Med2, NB, NYPL2, Pal5, Pal6, Par1, Pnc3, Ricc11, Ricc13, Ricc17, Ro2, Spe, Yale4 |
| Foia | BL02, Clas2, Fo, Morg, Per2, Pnc5 |
| FOIA | Ricc6 |
| folia | He1, Par4, Tre |
| fora | Fn12, Ricc15 |
| foxa | Borg, Ricc12 |
| Foxa | Parm2 |
| foya | Barb3, Barb4, Con1, Cors2, Cs1, He2, He3, Magl2, Marc1, New, Ricc8, Ricc9, Urb1 |
| Foya | BL01, Par2, Ricc14, Vat3 |
| soia | ME2 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Foia.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/foia/.