Butrint: Albania's archaeological gem and Virgil's 'Troy in miniature', by Carolyn Perry from 1st lear Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 16 min 46 sec ✓ Published: 14-Apr-2020
Description: There must have been something very special about the ancient city of Bouthroton: Virgil’s Trojan prince Aeneas marvels at the place in The Aeneid, and Cicero remarks that no place could be ‘quieter, cooler, or prettier’.nnBy the 1st century BC, the settlement was already several hundred years old, with a past steeped in legend. Today the archaeological site of Butrint, a National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site, bears witness not only to the Romans, but to many other phases of its his
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