Butrint National Park
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Butrint National Park is a national park in Vlorë County, southern Albania. It is located 18 kilometres south of Sarandë. The park encompasses 9,424 hectares of hilly terrain with freshwater lakes, we
Typical habitat along Lake Butrint and Vivari Channel
The Lake of Butrint makes up the core area of the Butrint National Park.
A panoramic view over the Lake Butrint and the Ionian Sea in distance
The central part of Lake Bufi is free of reed beds and a good sheltering and feeding site for various bird species.
Butrint
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Butrint was an ancient Greek polis and later Roman city and the seat of an early Christian bishopric in Epirus.
Butrint National Park
…the natural channel of Vivari, the islands of Ksamil and as well the archaeological site, that provides valuable remains of ancient civilisations. Butrint is strategically located in the eastern part of the Strait of Corfu in the extreme south of the country. It sprawls across a peninsula that is surrounded…
Theatre of Buthrotum
Bronze coin minted at Buthrotum during the reign of Augustus (27 BC–14 AD). The ethnic legend BVTHR is inscribed on the reverse.
Remains of the baptistery
The Agora of Buthrotum