Roman theatre at Butrint overlooking the Vivari Channel, Albania

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Butrint

Q: De quand date Butrint ?

Butrint remonte approximativement à 800 av. J.-C.–1600 ap. J.-C..

800 av. J.-C. – 1600 apr. J.-C.

A multi-layered coastal city on the Vivari Channel in southern Albania, with a Greek sanctuary, Roman theatre and baths, a baptistery with mosaic pavement, and Byzantine fortifications. UNESCO-listed as one of the Mediterranean’s densest archaeological palimpsests.

Classical Hellenistic Roman+3Greek Roman+1

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Intérêt 59

Localisation

Albania

39.75°N · 20.02°E · Europe

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UNESCO

Inscribed 1992 (extended 1999)

Theatre capacity

c. 2,500 seats (Hellenistic–Roman)

Classic excavator

Luigi Maria Ugolini, 1928–1939

Setting

Peninsula on the Vivari Channel opposite Corfu

“Butrint is Albania’s flagship Greco-Roman site and a rare place where Greek colony, Roman municipium, late antique bishopric, and Venetian outpost can be walked in one circuit.”

Localisation

Aperçu

Butrint occupies a low peninsula where Lake Butrint meets the Ionian Sea, opposite Corfu. Greek settlers founded a sanctuary of Asclepius by the 4th century BCE; the town appears in Vergil’s Aeneid as Buthrotum. Under Rome it became a colony under Augustus, with a theatre seating about 2,500, a forum, aqueducts, and lavish bath complexes. Late antique churches and a large baptistery with a circular mosaic of peacocks and vines mark Christian Butrint. Venetian and Ottoman walls crown the acropolis.

Modern excavation began with Luigi Maria Ugolini’s Italian mission in the 1920s–30s. After 1991 Albanian–British teams under the Butrint Foundation and Institute of Archaeology clarified the urban sequence, harbour siltation, and the medieval castle. Finds include Latin inscriptions, sculpture, and evidence for olive-oil and fish processing.

The landscape is as important as the monuments: a submerged Roman road, wetlands that once fed fisheries, and the triangular fortress that controlled the channel. Pair Butrint with Delphi for sanctuary urbanism and with Ostia Antica for a Roman harbour town that also silted into quiet ruin.

Pourquoi c'est important

Butrint is Albania’s flagship Greco-Roman site and a rare place where Greek colony, Roman municipium, late antique bishopric, and Venetian outpost can be walked in one circuit. It anchors the Adriatic–Ionian corridor that linked Epirus to Italy—underrepresented in atlases that stop at Olympia or Pompeii.

Preuves et interprétation

Distinguer ce qui est bien établi de ce qui reste débattu.

Faits bien établis

Epigraphic and architectural evidence document a Greek Asclepieion, Augustan colonia, and late antique baptistery with mosaic pavement.

Inférences savantes

Harbour siltation and wetland expansion after late antiquity partly explain the city’s decline as a commercial port.

Interprétations débattues

How far Vergil’s Buthrotum reflects local Trojan-foundation myths versus Augustan literary branding remains contested.

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Atlas Anatolia. (800). Butrint. Atlas Anatolia. https://atlasanatolia.com/fr/site/butrint

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Sources

Eternal Butrint: A UNESCO World Heritage Site in Albania — Hodges, Richard (2006)
Butrint — UNESCO (1992)Lien

Questions fréquentes

Où se trouve Butrint ?

Butrint est situé à/en Albania.

De quand date Butrint ?

Butrint remonte approximativement à 800 av. J.-C. – 1600 apr. J.-C..

Quelles civilisations sont associées à Butrint ?

Butrint est associé à la civilisation Greek, Roman, Byzantine.

Pourquoi Butrint est-il important ?

Butrint is Albania’s flagship Greco-Roman site and a rare place where Greek colony, Roman municipium, late antique bishopric, and Venetian outpost can be walked in one circuit.

Butrint est-il inscrit au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO ?

Oui — Butrint est inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO.

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