Buthrotum

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.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 17 metres (56 feet)
  • Description: ancient city of Albania
  • Also known as
    “Bouthroton”
    “Butrint”
    “Butrinto i Rizës”
    “Dutrint”
    “Mint of Buthrotum”
    “Shpija Butrintit”
    “Vutrint”
    “Vutrinto”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Greek Theatre of Butrint and Venetian Fortress of Butrint.
Geoff Wong, CC BY 2.0.
is an archaeological site.
Zysko serhii, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a castle on the Butrint Peninsula in southern . is situated 100 metres west of Buthrotum.
Hyjnesha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The was opened in 1938. is situated 110 metres west of Buthrotum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vrinë and Kalami.
Reklo18, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the former municipality, in .
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is a village, which is situated 8 km west of Buthrotum.
is a village in the former commune of , , southern . is situated 8 km northeast of Buthrotum.

Buthrotum

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Latitude
39.74613° or 39° 44′ 46″ north
Longitude
20.02121° or 20° 1′ 16″ east
Open location code
8GF2P2WC+FF
Geo­Names ID
363394
Wiki­data ID
Q188694

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Buthrotum” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Butrint”
  • Albanian: “Butrinti”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Vouthrotón”
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βουθρωτόν”
  • Arabic: “بوترنت”
  • Armenian: “Բուտրինտ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Butrinti”
  • Bashkir: “Бутринти”
  • Basque: “Butrint”
  • Belarusian: “Бутрынці”
  • Bulgarian: “Ботрот”
  • Bulgarian: “Бутринт”
  • Bulgarian: “Бутринти”
  • Bulgarian: “Бутринтиум”
  • Catalan: “Buthroton”
  • Catalan: “Buthrotum”
  • Catalan: “Butrint”
  • Catalan: “Butrot”
  • Chinese: “布特林特”
  • Croatian: “Butrint”
  • Czech: “Butrint”
  • Danish: “Butrint”
  • Dutch: “Buthrotum”
  • Dutch: “Butrint”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوثروتوم”
  • Esperanto: “Butrint”
  • Finnish: “Buthroton”
  • Finnish: “Butrint”
  • French: “Bouthrote”
  • French: “Buthrinte”
  • French: “Buthrote”
  • French: “Buthrotum”
  • French: “Butrint”
  • French: “Butrinte”
  • French: “Butrinti”
  • French: “Butrinto”
  • French: “Butrolum”
  • Galician: “Butrint”
  • Galician: “Butrinto”
  • Georgian: “ბუტრინტი”
  • German: “Buthroton”
  • German: “Butrint”
  • German: “Butrinti”
  • German: “Butrinto”
  • Gothic: “𐌱𐌿𐍄𐍂𐌹𐌽𐍄”
  • Greek: “Βουθρωτό”
  • Greek: “Βουρθωτό”
  • Hebrew: “בוטרינט”
  • Hungarian: “Buthróton”
  • Hungarian: “Buthrotum”
  • Hungarian: “Butrint”
  • Ido: “Butrint”
  • Indonesian: “Butrint”
  • Irish: “Butrint”
  • Italian: “Butrinto”
  • Italian: “Butroto”
  • Japanese: “ブトリント”
  • Javanese: “Butrint”
  • Kazakh: “Бутринти”
  • Korean: “부트린트”
  • Latin: “Buthrotum”
  • Latin: “Buthrōtum”
  • Latvian: “Butrinti”
  • Lithuanian: “Butrinitas”
  • Lithuanian: “Butrintas”
  • Macedonian: “Бутринт”
  • Maltese: “Bouthroton”
  • Maltese: “Buthrotum”
  • Maltese: “Butrint”
  • Marathi: “बटरिंट”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Butrint”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Buthrotum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Butrint”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Butrinti”
  • Norwegian: “Butrint”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Butrint”
  • Persian: “باتروتام”
  • Polish: “Buthroton”
  • Polish: “Butrint”
  • Polish: “Butrinti”
  • Portuguese: “Butrint”
  • Portuguese: “Butroto”
  • Romanian: “Butrint”
  • Russian: “Бутринти”
  • Serbian: “Butrint”
  • Serbian: “Бутринт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Butrint”
  • Slovak: “Butrint”
  • Slovak: “Butrinti”
  • Slovenian: “Butrint”
  • Spanish: “Buthrotum”
  • Spanish: “Butrinto”
  • Spanish: “Butroto”
  • Swedish: “Butrint”
  • Turkish: “Butrint”
  • Ukrainian: “Бутринті”
  • Ukrainian: “Бутрінті”
  • Venetian: “Butrinto”
  • Vietnamese: “Butrint”

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