Historical place profile
Bouthroton
Modern Butrint (Butrinti) in Albania, ancient Bouthroton was an ancient Greek and later Roman city located in Epirus. The city became an important bishopric by the sixth century. The site was enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 because of its archaeological remains, which date from prehistoric times down through the late Middle Ages.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:530824
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:530824
- Place type
- archaeological-site, port, settlement, theatre
- Coordinates
- 39.745826, 20.020781
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Modern Butrint (Butrinti) in Albania, ancient Bouthroton was an ancient Greek and later Roman city located in Epirus. The city became an important bishopric by the sixth century. The site was enrolled as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 because of its archaeological remains, which date from prehistoric times down through the late Middle Ages.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 54 B2 Bouthroton
Source and reuse
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Research path
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