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Pezzonda

Ancient name
Pityus
Modern name
Pitsunda
Modern country
Georgia
Pezzonda—now the cape or town of Pitsunda, Georgia—was a regional center northwest of Sevastopol along the Black Sea coast; it hosted a Genoese trading post in the later Middle Ages. Campbell #1224; Gordeev 163–4.
Coordinates
43.17, 40.33

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

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Map of the location P108

Variant spellings of Pezzonda in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
opezonda Par1
pazonda Bal
peconda He3
pezo[n]da ME2, Pad1, Ricc15
Pezonda Clas2, Fn9, Med1, Par2, Parm2
pezonda Cap1, Fo, Laur5, Marc1, Marc2, NB, Per2, Ricc8, Yale4
PEZONDA Wie1
pezzonda Luc2, Magl2, Pnc5
Pezzonda Ricc17
pezzonza Laur3
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Pezzonda.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/pezzonda/.