Lesser Armenia
- Modern name
- Turkish Kurdistan
- Modern country
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 37.44, 35.81
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364106
In Dati's day, Lesser Armenia (Armenia Minore) referred to the Cilician Kingdom of Armenia in the northeast corner of the Mediterranean. Armenia or Greater Armenia (Armenia Maggiore), by contrast, was used to refer to the ancient region of Armenia in the Caucasus, east of Asia Minor and south of the Caspian Sea. See also Laiazzo in Armenia.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M085
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Lesser Armenia.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/lesser-armenia/.