Stora
- Ancient name
- Astora
- Modern name
- Stora
- Modern country
- Algeria
- Coordinates
- 36.9, 6.88
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364061
Stora (also Storia or Astora) is now a small town on the western end of the Gulf of Stora, close to the modern city of Skikda, Algeria. Campbell #1712.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M034
Variant spellings of Stora in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| [...]ra | Par1 |
| bonastora | Fn3, Magl4 |
| istora | Fn6, Fn8 |
| Istora | Con3 |
| istoria | Pal5 |
| scora | Med2, NB |
| St[ora] | Cors2 |
| Stona | Wie1 |
| stora | Bal, Borg, Chig1, Con1, Con4, Fn12, Fn9, He2, Laur5, ME2, Marc1, NYPL1, New, Pad1, Pal6, Pal8, Per2, Pnc3, Pnc5, Ricc1, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc13, Ricc15, Ricc8, Ro2, Urb1, Yale4 |
| Stora | BL01, BL02, Barb3, Barb4, Clas2, Cs1, Fo, He3, Laur3, Magl2, Morg, Parm2, Pnc4, Ricc14, Ricc6, Vat3 |
| storA | Ricc9 |
| Storia | Par3, Vat2 |
| storia | Ashb3, Med3, NYPL2, Ricc17, Spe |
| Strora | Marc2 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Stora.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/stora/.