Butrint

A Guide to the City and Its Monuments

Neritan Ceka (Autor)

Sally Martin (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

83 Seiten

1999
Butrint Foundation (Verlag)
978-0-9535556-0-4 (ISBN)

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Of all the great classical sites of the Mediterranean, Butrint is the least known, the least frequented and the least spoilt. This book provides a comprehensive history of this region, looking closely at its monuments, and showing information on local accommodation and transportation services.

Butrint, ancient Buthrotum, lies in south-west Albania, 20km south of the modern port of Saranda. The ancient site occupies a bluff of land protruding into the Vivari channel, a stretch of water which today connects the Straits of Corfu, 4 km west of Butrint, to the inland salt-water Lake Butrint. South of the channel lies a flat reclaimed plain, today drained by dykes, which effectively separates it from the range of mountains that run along Albania's southern frontier with Greece. It was probably settled in the 8th century BC by Corfiot traders; this was almost certainly the town associated with the legend of Aeneas, and today, of all the great classical sites of the Mediterranean, it is the least known, the least frequented and the least spoilt. This book provides a comprehensive history of the region, looking closely at its monuments, and showing information on local accommodation and transportation services.

The history of Butrint; a walk around the monuments; the surroundings of Butrint; practical information.

Illustrationen	Karen Francis
Vorwort	John Julius Norwich
Zusatzinfo	colour and b&w illustrations, further reading
Verlagsort	Waddesdon
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Reisen ► Bildbände ► Europa
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-9535556-0-7 / 0953555607
ISBN-13	978-0-9535556-0-4 / 9780953555604
Zustand	Neuware