Butraint-Lost City

DATE OF INCRIPTION :- 1992

LOCATION :- District of Sarandë, County of Vlorë, albania

DESCRIPTION :-

Inhabited since prehistoric times,
Butrint has been the site of a Greek colony,
a Roman city and a bishopric.
Following a period of prosperity under Byzantine administration,
then a brief occupation by the Venetians,
the city was abandoned in the late Middle Ages after marshes formed in the area.
The present archaeological site is a repository of ruins representing each period in the city’s development.