Butrint

**Butrint** (; from ) was an ancient Greek and later Roman city and bishopric in Epirus. The city is considered as one of the most important archaeological sites in Albania. With its vast cultural, historical and natural value with a considerable history, Butrint became part of UNESCO World Heritage site in 1992. It became a National Park in 2000.

Buthrotum was a city of the Epirote tribe of the Chaonians. It started declining in Late Antiquity. It later became abandoned during the Middle Ages after a major earthquake flooded most of the city.

It is now an archeological site in Vlorë County, Albania. It is about 14 kilometres south of Sarandë and close to the Greek border. It is located on a hill overlooking the Vivari Channel, and is part of the Butrint National Park.

## Directions

The site of Butrint is accessible from Sarandë. Its road was first built in 1959 for a visit by the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. The road was improved during the summer of 2010.

The construction was somewhat of an environmental disaster. It one point, it threatened Butrint's World Heritage Site status. The ancient city is becoming a popular tourist destination. It attracts day-trippers from the nearby Greek holiday island of Corfu. Hydrofoils (30 minutes) and ferries (90 minutes) run daily between the New Port in Corfu Town and Saranda.

Many visitors from Corfu use chartered coach services to visit Butrint from Sarandë. A regular public bus service runs between Sarandë port and Butrint. Others arrive from the Qafe Bote border crossing with Greece near Konispol and cross the Vivari Channel by the cable ferry at Butrint.

## Notable people

- Saint Therinus, 3rd-century saint
- Donatus of Euroea, 4th-century saint

## Other websites

- GCatholic with incumbent bio links

### General information

- Butrint National Park
- The Butrint Foundation

### History articles

- Rome and Albanian history from Albania.com
- Albania's Long-lost Roman City, BBC
- In Pictures: Sights of Butrint, BBC
- 176 photos from the archeological site of Butrint
- Coins from Butrint: Numismatic research on archaeological excavation - The British Museum

## Notes

- Ceka N., _Butrint: A guide to the city and its monuments_ (Migjeni Books) Tirana 2005)
- Crowson A., "Butrint from the Air", in _Current World Archaeology_ 14 (2006).
- Hansen, Inge Lyse and Richard Hodges, eds., _Roman Butrint: An Assessment_. Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2007.
- Richard Hodges and Matthew Logue, "The Mid-Byzantine Re-Birth of Butrint", _Minerva_ 18, #3 (May/June 2007): 41–43.
- A. M. Liberati, L. Miraj, I. Pojani, F. Sear, J. Wilkes and B. Polci, ed. by O. J. Gilkes. _The Theatre at Butrint. Luigi Maria Ugolini's Excavations at Butrint 1928-1932_, (Albania Antica IV) (Supplementary volume no. 35.  Published by the British School at Athens, 2003).
- Jarrett A. Lobell, _Ages of Albania_ (_Archeology_ magazine March/April 2006)
- Ugolini L. M., _Butrinto il Mito D'Enea, gli Scavi_. Rome: Istituto Grefico Tiberino, 1937 (reprint Tirana: Istituto Italiano di Cultura, 1999)

## Infobox (unesco world heritage site)

- **child**: yes
- **id**: 570
- **year**: 1992
- **extension**: 1999
- **criteria**: Cultural: iii
- **danger**: 1997 to 2005


## Infobox (ancient site)

- **name**: Butrint
- **epochs**: Antiquity and Middle Ages
- **archaeologists**: Luigi Maria Ugolini and Hasan Ceka
- **public access**: yes
- **native name**: Butrint
 Boυθρωτόν _Bouthroton_
  Buthrotum
- **map size**: 255
- **image**: Amphitheatre_of_Butrint_2009.jpg
- **image size**: 255
- **caption**: Theatre of Buthrotum
- **map type**: Albania
- **relief**: 1
- **map caption**: Location in Albania
- **location**: Vlorë County, Albania
- **region**: Chaonia
- **type**: Settlement