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Butrint

Albania
Date of Inscription: 1992
Extension: 1999, 2007
Criteria: (iii)
Core zone: 3980 ha
Buffer zone: 4611.2 ha
District of Sarandë, County of Vlorë
N39 45 4 E20 1 34
Ref: 570ter

Brief Description

Inhabited since prehistoric times, Butrint has been the site of a Greek colony, a Roman city and a bishopric. Following a period of prosperity under Byzantine administration, then a brief occupation by the Venetians, the city was abandoned in the late Middle Ages after marshes formed in the area. The present archaeological site is a repository of ruins representing each period in the city’s development.

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