Pezzonda
- Ancient name
- Pityus
- Modern name
- Pitsunda
- Modern country
- Georgia
- Coordinates
- 43.17, 40.33
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.
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, Morg |
| pezo[n]da | Con1, ME2, Pad1, Ricc15 |
| Pezo[n]da | Par3 |
| pezonda | Cap1, Con4, Fn12, Fn6, Fo, Laur5, Marc1, Marc2, NB, Pal5, Pal6, Per2, Pnc3, Ricc8, Tre, Yale4 |
| PEZONDA | Med3, Wie1 |
| PEZonDA | Ashb3 |
| Pezonda | Clas2, Fn9, Med1, Med2, Parm2, Pnc4 |
| pezzonda | Cs1, Luc2, Magl2, NYPL3, Pnc5, Ricc12 |
| Pezzonda | Cors2, NYPL2, Ricc17 |
| pezzonza | Laur3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Pezzonda.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/pezzonda/.