Laleccia
- Ancient name
- Laodecia
- Modern name
- Latakia
- Modern country
- Syria
- Coordinates
- 35.51, 35.78
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364297
Laleccia—originally Laodicea, now Syria's principal port of Latakia—served as the main port for the crusade Principality of Antioch in the 12th century. In Dati's day its importance was diminished but it still had a Venetian consul to facilitate the trade in cottons and silks from Persia. Note that the range of spellings for Laraccia (Morocco), La Rassa (Egypt), Larissa (Egypt), Laleccia (Syria), and Laiazzo (Turkey) closely overlap in medieval Italian. Campbell #1493.
The toponym Laleccia appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P081
Variant spellings of Laleccia in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| Ialecca | Chig1 |
| la leccia | Marc1, Ro2 |
| La leccia | Marc1, Pad1, Ricc17 |
| la lecha | Spe |
| lacacia | Pnc3 |
| laciria | Med3 |
| Laciria | Ashb3 |
| LACIRIA | Wie1 |
| lalec[...] | Ricc8, Urb1 |
| Lalecca | BL02, Fn8, Morg, Per2, Vat3 |
| lalecca | Borg, Cap1, Con1, Con4, Fn9, Fo, He2, He3, Magl4, NYPL3, Per2, Pnc5, Ricc12 |
| lAlecca | Ricc9 |
| lAleccA | Ricc9 |
| laleccha | Borg |
| laleccia | Bal, Barb3, Barb4, Chig1, Cors2, Fn12, Fn6, Laur3, Laur5, NB, NYPL2, New, Pal5, Pal8, Pnc5, Ricc11, Ricc13, Ricc15, Ricc8, Tre, Urb1, Yale4 |
| Laleccia | BL01, BL02, Cap1, Cors2, Cs1, Magl2, Marc2, Morg, NB, NYPL2, Pal5, Par2, Parm2, Pnc4, Ricc14, Ricc15, Ricc17, Ricc6, Vat3 |
| LaLeccia | Cs1, Fn8 |
| Laleci[...] | Par1 |
| lalecia | Fn3, Fo, He1, Laur5, Magl4, Med2, Par4 |
| Lalecia | Clas2, He1 |
| laleecia | Marc2 |
| lalegura | NYPL1 |
| lalena | Fn3 |
| Lalercia | Con3 |
| laleura | ME2 |
| lalezia | Ashb7 |
| lalicia | Pal8 |
| Lalitia | Con3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Laleccia.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/laleccia/.