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Tripoli (Syria)

Ancient name
Tripolis
Modern name
Tripoli
Modern country
Lebanon
Tripoli, now the second-largest city in Lebanon, was in the later Middle Ages a provincial capital of the six kingdoms in Mamluk Syria. It tends to appears in premodern maps as Tripoli-di-Soria, Tripoli-in-Syria, to distinguish it from Tripoli (Libya) and its neighbor Tripoli Vecchio. See also Beirut (Baruti-di-Soria). Campbell #1503.
Coordinates
34.45, 35.81

The toponym Tripoli (Syria) appears in La Sfera in the following places:

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Map of the location P147

Variant spellings of Tripoli (Syria) in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
[...]li Par1
Tripoli Clas2, Fo, NB, Parm2, Ricc8
tripoli Bal, Fn9, He2, He3, Laur3, Laur5, Magl2, Magl4, Marc1, ME2, Pad1, Pal8, Per2, Pnc5, Ricc15, Wie1
Tripoli disoria Luc2, Med1
ttripolli Ashb7
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Tripoli (Syria).” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/tripoli-syria/.