Sodom
- Ancient name
- Sodom
- Modern name
- Sodom
- Modern country
- Israel
- Coordinates
- 31.07, 35.4
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364268
Sodom was a Biblical city destroyed by God for its sins. Medieval Christians believed the Dead Sea was formed by God's destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, so the Dead Sea was often known as the Lake of Sodom (lago di sodoma) and some Sfera manuscripts show the ruins of Sodom under the waters of the Dead Sea.
The toponym Sodom appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P050
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Sodom.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/sodom/.