Soldino
- Ancient name
- Orontes rivermouth, Orontes/Asi rivermouth
- Modern name
- Samandağ
- Modern country
- Turkey
- Coordinates
- 36.053596, 35.963329
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364281
Soldino or Foce di Soldino is a port at the mouth of the River Asi (Orontes), which was known in the crusader period as San Symeon or Soudin; it was one of the main ports for the Principality of Antioch but its importance diminished in the Mamluk period. Campbell #1486.
The toponym Soldino appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P064
Variant spellings of Soldino in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| f. Soldino | Med1 |
| Fiume Soldino | Luc2 |
| foce delsoldino | Pad1 |
| rrandino | Fn12 |
| soldano | Chig1, ME2 |
| Soldano | Cap1, Marc2 |
| soldin | Magl4 |
| Soldino | Ashb7, BL01, BL02, Barb4, Clas2, Con3, Cors2, Cs1, Fn8, Fn9, Fo, He1, He3, Laur3, Luc2, Magl2, Med1, Morg, NB, NYPL2, Pal5, Par3, Par4, Parm2, Pnc4, Pnc5, Ricc13, Ricc14, Ricc17, Ricc9, Vat2, Vat3, Wie1 |
| soldino | Bal, Barb3, Borg, Con1, Con4, Fn6, He2, Laur5, Marc1, Med2, Med3, NYPL1, NYPL3, New, Pal6, Pal8, Par1, Per2, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc15, Ricc6, Ricc8, Ro2, Spe, Tre |
| soldoino | Ashb3 |
| solldino | Ashb7 |
| solonia | Fn3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Soldino.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/soldino/.