Butrint

Also known as Buthrotum, Bouthroton

Butrint (, , ) was an ancient Greek polis and later Roman city and the seat of an early Christian bishopric in Epirus.

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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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Ancient site.name: Butrint
Ancient site.native_name: Butrint Boυθρωτόν Bouthroton Buthrotum
Ancient site.image: Amphitheatre_of_Butrint_2009.jpg
Ancient site.image_size: 255
Ancient site.caption: Theatre of Buthrotum
Ancient site.map_type: Albania
Ancient site.relief: 1
Ancient site.map_caption: Location in Albania
Ancient site.map_size: 255
Ancient site.location: Vlorë County, Albania
Ancient site.region: Chaonia
Ancient site.type: Settlement

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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
Directions
Gallery
Notable locals
See also
References
Sources and external links
General information
History articles
Further reading

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.