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Butrint in Albania ALBANIE albania. butrint Informations and links Butrint  Map Butrint Photos Butrint ------------------------------- Butrint (Albanian: Butrint or Butrinti), the modern name for the Roman city of Buthrotum, is a city and an archeological site in Albania, close to the Greek border. Originally an Illyrian town, it was taken by the Romans in 167 BC. It was later occupied by the Byzantine Empire and the republic of Venice, before it was abandoned in the Late Middle Ages. The ruins, excavated after World War II, include an amphitheatre, a Roman bath, a chapel from the 5th century, a basilica from the 6th century, a town gate (called the "Lion Gate"), and a medieval Venetian castle from the 14th century, which is a museum today. The remains of Butrint are included in the UNESCO World Heritage. In 1997 it was added to the list of world heritage sites in danger by UNESCO because of looting, lack of protection, management and conservation. Eight years later, in 2005, the conditions had improved and Butrint was removed from the list of endangered sites. Butrint is accessible from Saranda, along a road built in 1959 for the visit by Krushchev. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.) Between 1990 and 1992 Albania ended 46 years of xenophobic Communist rule and established a multiparty democracy. The transition has proven difficult as successive governments have tried to deal with high unemployment, widespread corruption, a dilapidated infrastructure, powerful organized crime networks with links to high government officials, and disruptive political opponents. International observers judged parliamentary elections in 2001 to be acceptable and a step toward democratic development, but identified serious deficiencies. Some of these were addressed through reforms in the Albanian electoral code prior to the nationwide municipal elections in 2003..
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