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Vatiza

Ancient name
Polemonium
Modern name
Fatsa
Modern country
Turkey
Vatiza lies between Simisso and Girisonda on the southern shore of the Black Sea; like many of its neighbors, it was an important Genoese trading post in the later Middle Ages, before the conquest of the Empire of Trebizond by the Ottomans in 1460–1. Campbell #1272; Gordeev 84.
Coordinates
41.03, 37.51

The toponym Vatiza appears in La Sfera in the following places:

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Map of the location P154

Variant spellings of Vatiza in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
battiza Ashb7
Vanzia Parm2
VARISA Wie1
variza Bal
vasi [?] Ricc1
Vatiza Clas2, Fo, Par2, Per2, Ricc15
vatiza He3, Laur5, Marc1, ME2, NB, Pad1, Pal8, Yale4
Vatizia Cap1, Marc2, Ricc17
vatizia Pnc5
Vatizza Laur3, Luc2, Magl2
vatizza Fn9, Ricc8
vattiza Ashb7
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Vatiza.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/vatiza/.