Test site. Anything you add or change here may be removed, and won't carry over to the live site.

← Return to gazetteer

Quissa

Ancient name
Vitze
Modern name
Fındıklı
Modern country
Turkey
A site along the eastern Black Sea coast between Trebizond and Lovati (Campbell #1245; Gordeev 121). It is one of a group that appears only on a single Sfera map (Ashb7) with an unusual amount of detail in this area.
Coordinates
41.27, 41.14
World Historical Gazetteer
https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364180
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M176

Variant spellings of Quissa in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
qui[s]sa Ashb7
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Quissa.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/quissa/.