Butrint National Park
Butrint National Park | |
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Parku Kombëtar i Butrintit | |
Location | Vlorë County |
Nearest city | Sarandë |
Coordinates | 39°44′51″N 20°1′13″E / 39.74750°N 20.02028°E |
Area | 8,622.2 hectares (86.222 km2) |
Designated | 2 March 2000 |
Governing body | National Agency of Protected Areas |
Website | butrint |
Official name | Butrint |
Designated | 28 March 2003 |
Reference no. | 1290[1] |
Type | Cultural |
Criteria | iii |
Designated | 1992 |
Reference no. | 570 |
Butrint National Park (
The archaeological heritage of
The
Administration
The Butrint National Park was established with ordinance number 82 on 2 March 2000 in order to preserve the natural
Nowadays, it is now a major centre for archaeology and conservation training schools organised by the Butrint Foundation in partnership with the Albanian Institutes of Archaeology and Monuments, foreign universities and international specialists and consultants. There is an active program of events in the theatre, concerts and performances, and outreach programmes for local schools and colleges. In 2010, national authorities demolished over 200 illegal structures in Ksamil that violated the town's master plan and the integrity of Butrint National Park. The remains of the demolished buildings have yet to be removed by authorities.
Geography
The Butrint National Park comprises 9,424.4 ha (94.244 km2) in Vlorë County located in the southwestern corner of Albania alongside the Ionian Sea within the Mediterranean Basin. It lies mostly between latitudes 39° and 44° N and longitudes 20° and 1° E. By road, the remains of Butrint are some 18 kilometres (11 mi) south of the city of Sarandë and few kilometres north of the terrestrial border between Albania and Greece. According to the Köppen climate classification, the park experiences Mediterranean climate (Csa and Csb) with rainy winters and dry, warm to hot summers. Located in the south of the Albanian Ionian Sea Coast, the park receives 1,500 millimetres (59 in) of precipitation annually.
Butrint is part of a diverse
Biodiversity
Flora
Due to its diverse geological and hydrological conditions and the mosaic distribution of various types of habitats, the location of the park is also one of the main reasons for the great variety of
The shallow coastal lagoons are rocky with extensive
Fauna
The park contains a diverse assemblage of
The park's
The coastal waters around the park are frequented by
The park is rich in bird life with over 246 species living in different habitats throughout the territory.
10 species of
In regard to the
Attractions
The rich history of Butrint has left important vestiges across the territory of the park. The principal architectural monuments in the park includes a Roman theatre, Dionysus altar, Nymphaeum, Thermae, Gymnasium, Forum, Aqueduct, the temples of Minerva and Asclepius, the Lion Gate and a Baptistery situated in Southern Albania and declared a UNESCO's World Heritage Site in 1992.
The
The
Another major attraction is the Lion Gate and one of the six entrances to the city from the 4th century BC. The inscriptions shows a lion, that is about to eat a bull. The lion symbolises the inhabitants of the city and the bull as their enemies. The gate has a very narrow passage to allow as few people as possible to enter at the same time.
In the west of the park, there sprawls the rocky
See also
- Venetian Acropolis Castle
- Venetian Triangular Castle
- Butrinti
- Lake Butrint
- Channel of Vivari
- Protected areas of Albania
- List of national parks in Albania
References
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- ^ BirdLife International. "Lake Butrinti". datazone.birdlife.org.
- IUCN, World Wide Fund for Nature, Plantlife. "Important Plant Areas of the south and east Mediterranean region" (PDF). portals.iucn.org. p. 75.)
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