Bouthroton

settlement · 750 BC – 2100 AD

Modern Butrint (Butrinti) in Albania, ancient Bouthroton was an ancient Greek and later Roman city located in Epirus. The city became an important bishopric by the sixth century. The site was enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 because of its archaeological remains, which date from prehistoric times down through the late Middle Ages.

Coordinates

39.74583, 20.02078

Also known as

Bouthrōtón (grc), Buthrotum (la), Buthrotum (la), Butrint (sq), Butrint (sq), Rutharoto (la), Rvtharoto (la), Βουθρωτόν (grc)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors

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