The ancient city of Butrint | The most visited UNESCO Heritage Site Albania 2021 | Travel Video Vlog

Today Jesse and I will take you to an antient city in Alabnia called Butrint.

History of Butrint, an ancient port city, is a frafment of the Mediterranean world history. Nowadays this ancient city constitutes the most visited cultural tourist destination of te country.

Most of the monumentsvisited today in the ancient city have been discovered by the Italian Archaeological Mission, guided by Luigi Maria Ugolini, who worked for nearly 10 years in Butrint (1928-1939).

What Butrint offers today is a remarkable journey through the ages of history, which dates back to 8th century B.C. The old city and its heritage retain a unique testimony of Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian, and Ottoman cultures and civilizations.

According to classcial mythology, the ancient city known as Buthrotum, was founded by the exiles who left the city after the fall of Troy. In the epic poem "Aeneid", the Latin poet Virgil narrates to Aeneas, who visited Butrint on his way to Italy.

Data of the multi-year archaeological excavations indicate that over there, around 4th century B.C., this ancient settelment was surrounded by defensive walls and the city gradually turned into a cult center. A chapel dedicated to Asclepius, god of medicine, was build on the southern slope of the Acropolis hill. An inscription of the 4th century B.C. (inscribed on one of the seats of the theatre), shows that its construction was enabled by donations of religionists to the chapel. The geographer Hecataeus of Miletus described Buthrotum as an important port and trading canter on the main Adriantic waterway.

In 228 B.C. Butrint fell under the Roman rule nd in the 1st century B.C. it became part of the Roman province of Macedonia. Established by Julius Caesar, Colonia Julia Buthrotum witnessed the greatest development during the rule of Augustus, when it was known as Colonia Augusta Buthrotum. The city is also surrounded by defensive walls and involved in a huge construction program of the public sphere. During this period Butrint, which differed from the old center affiliated with the chapel of Asclepius, included constructions of any kind, temples, forums, the theatre rearranged according to the Roman style, fountains, baths (thermae), villas (private residences). In this period took place even the constructionof a new water supply and of the bridge linking the two banks of Vivari canal. In the 5th century, Butrint become an Episcopalresidence. The city in that period, retains evidence of this impressive early Christians art and architecture, such: the large baptistery and basilica, constructions of the early 6th century. In orther parts of the city so far, there are found 8 other churches, the most importsnt of which is in Vrina plain, on the other side of the Vivari canal.

At the beginning of the 19th century, although the entry in Butrint appears to have been fortified, the center was already twisted into a small fishing settlement. In the outfall of Vivari canal, around the year 1807, Ali Pasha also established his fortress, to ensure his protection against the French attacks coming from Corfu. After the death of Pasha, Butrint passed under the Ottoman rule, up to the Declaration of Independence.

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