Albania "Butrint"

Butrint

Situated on the Straits of Corfu, surrounded by gorgeous lagoon, Butrint is one of the most picturesque and remarkable sites in the in the Adriatic Sea region. It was an ancient Greek and later Roman city in Epirus, inhabited since prehistoric times and functioned as port from Hellenistic to Ottoman times. A nymphaeum, an aqueduct, a Roman bath and a forum complex were erected to make it typical Roman settlement.  Today the city is home to several significant finds in archeology and a true archaeological wonder. It has been declared by UNESCO in 1992 a World Heritage Site.