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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ancient city of Albania
- Also known as: “Bouthroton”, “Butrint”, “Butrinto i Rizës”, “Dutrint”, “Shpija Butrintit”, “Vutrint”, and “Vutrinto”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Greek Theatre of Butrint and Archaeological Museum of Butrint.
Greek Theatre of Butrint
Archaeological site
Photo: Geoff Wong, CC BY 2.0.
Greek Theatre of Butrint is an archaeological site.
Archaeological Museum of Butrint
Museum
Photo: Hyjnesha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Butrint was opened in 1938. It was reopened during the 1950s-1960s in the premises of the Venetian Acropolis Castle within the acropolis of the ancient city. Archaeological Museum of Butrint is situated 110 metres west of Buthrotum.
Venetian Fortress of Butrint
Castle
Photo: Zysko serhii, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Venetian Fortress of Butrint is a castle on the Butrint Peninsula in southern Albania. The castle is located by the Channel of Vivari within the Butrint National Park and close to the neighbouring Venetian Triangular Castle. Venetian Fortress of Butrint is situated 100 metres west of Buthrotum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vrinë and Kalami.
Vrinë
Village
Photo: Reklo18, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Vrinë is a village in the former Xarrë municipality, Vlorë County in Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became part of the municipality Konispol.
Kalami
Village
Photo: Ardfern, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kalami is a village, which is situated 8 km west of Buthrotum.
Sopik
Village
Sopik is a village in the former commune of Livadhe, Vlorë County, southern Albania. At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality of Finiq. Sopik is situated 8 km northeast of Buthrotum.
Buthrotum
- Categories: Ancient Greek archaeological site, polis, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Xarre, Bashkia Konispol, Vlorë County, Albania, Balkans, Europe
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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: “Buthrote”
- French: “Buthrotum”
- French: “Butrint”
- French: “Butrinte”
- 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: “Butrint”
- Polish: “Butrinti”
- Polish: “Butroton”
- Polish: “Park Narodowy Butrint”
- 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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