Butrint
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Butrint was an ancient city in Epirus that began as a Greek settlement and later became a Roman city, eventually serving as the center of an early Christian bishop's authority. Today it matters as an archaeological site that preserves evidence of these different civilizations and their religious practices across thousands of years of history.
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- Butrint
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- Butrint Boυθρωτόν Bouthroton Buthrotum
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- Amphitheatre_of_Butrint_2009.jpg
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- 255
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- Theatre of Buthrotum
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- Albania
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- 1
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- Location in Albania
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- 255
- Ancient site.location
- Vlorë County, Albania
- Ancient site.region
- Chaonia
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- Settlement
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23 sectionsContents
- History
- Prehistory
- Ancient Greek period
- Ancient Roman period
- Byzantine and possible Slavic period
- Between Angevins, Byzantine Empire and Despotate of Epirus
- As part of the Angevin ''Regnum Albaniae''
- Between Venice and the Ottoman Empire
- Modern Albania
- Ecclesiastical history
- Residential bishopric
- Latin residential bishopric
- Catholic titular see
- Archaeological excavations
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- Notable locals
- See also
- References
- Sources and external links
- General information
- History articles
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Butrint (, , ) was an ancient Greek polis and later Roman city and the seat of an early Christian bishopric in Epirus.
Originally a settlement of the Greek tribe of the Chaonians, it later became part of the state of Epirus and later a Roman colonia and a Byzantine bishopric. It entered into decline in Late Antiquity, before being abandoned during the Middle Ages after a major earthquake flooded most of the city. In modern times it is an archeological site in Vlorë County, Albania, some south of Sarandë, close to the Greek border. It is located on a hill overlooking the Vivari Channel and is part of the Butrint National Park. Today, Bouthrotum is a Latin Catholic titular see and also features the Ali Pasha Castle.
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