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Palopolis

Modern name
Sipahili
Modern country
Turkey
A port along the southern coast of Asia Minor between Curco and Antiochetta. Due no doubt to the similarity of their names, some Sfera manuscripts get Palopolis confused with Palolimen, in the Sea of Marmara. Campbell #1461.
Coordinates
36.16, 33.46
World Historical Gazetteer
https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364321

The toponym Palopolis appears in La Sfera in the following places:

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Map of the location P105

Variant spellings of Palopolis in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
alopoli Fn3, Magl4
Pallopoli Par2
pallopoli Pad1
palop[o]lli Ashb7
palopol[...] Par1
Palopoli BL01, Chig1, Cors2, Fn9, He1, Par3, Par4, Parm2, Pnc4, Ricc14, Ricc6, Vat2, Vat3
palopoli Ashb3, Ashb7, Barb3, Barb4, Borg, Chig2, Con1, Con4, Cs1, Fn8, Fo, He2, Laur3, ME2, Magl2, Marc1, Med2, Med3, NB, NYPL3, New, Per2, Pnc3, Pnc5, Ricc1, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc13, Ricc15, Ricc8, Ro2, Spe, Tre, Urb1, Wie1
pAlopoli Ricc9
palopolis Fn12
palopolli Ashb7
palopolo Pal8
Polipoli BL02, Con3
polipoli Fn6, Morg, Pal5
Polopoli Clas2
polopoli Bal, Laur5, Pal6, Yale4
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Palopolis.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/palopolis/.