ALBANIA: BUTRINT, one of Europe's most ancient sites, full tour

Albania - the ancient site of Butrint, full tour of ancient Butrint in Albania! Let's travel to Albania and let's visit the ancient Greek (and Roman) city of Butrint. Inhabited since prehistoric times, Butrint has been the site of a Greek colony, a Roman city and a bishopric. Following a period of prosperity under Byzantine administration, then a brief occupation by the Venetians, Butrint was abandoned in the late Middle Ages after marshes formed in the area. The present archaeological site of Butrint is a repository of ruins representing each period in the city’s development.
Butrint was an ancient Greek and later Roman city and bishopric in Epirus. Perhaps inhabited since prehistoric times, Buthrotum was a city of the Epirote tribe of the Chaonians, later a Roman colony and a bishopric. It entered into decline in Late Antiquity, before being abandoned during the Middle Ages after a major earthquake flooded most of the city. In modern times it is an archeological site in Vlorë County, Albania, some 14 kilometres south of Sarandë and close to the Greek border. It is located on a hill overlooking the Vivari Channel and is part of the Butrint National Park. Today Bouthrotum is a Latin Catholic titular see and also features the Ali Pasha Castle.
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  • @LL-sq8se
    @LL-sq8se5 жыл бұрын

    Very historical and fantastic views! Unbelievably beautiful,with the sounds of crickets in the background? Or chicados ,So glad this much is left ! Symbolic of days and ways ,and days long past. Thank you Vic for your documentation!👍🕊️🙋

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hello, thank you for your comments!!

  • @albanianever9005
    @albanianever90055 жыл бұрын

    Albanian 🇦🇱 ever

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hello, thank you for your comments!!

  • @waynevaughan3689
    @waynevaughan36895 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting tour of this historical place of several civilizations at Butrint, Thanks, Vic!

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hi Wayne, thank you for your comments!!

  • @manjithts
    @manjithts5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Vic for the detail tour. Actually I was going through different places in Albania and this is the first video I got in detailed. This is the way to do a travelogue, which includes detailed explanations with historical points. The rest of the videos I watched in past looking like demo of 4K cameras 😄 Great job👍 one suggestion, you can add an intro of overall view maybe a drone aerial shot. It'll be perfect 👌

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hi, thank you for watching my videos and for your wonderful comments!! I am considering using a drone in the future..

  • @jerryrichards4300
    @jerryrichards43005 жыл бұрын

    Love this Vic, cheers

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hello, thank you for your comments!!

  • @mmbmbmbmb
    @mmbmbmbmb5 жыл бұрын

    Magnificent ~ thank you !

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @antjetautkus5506
    @antjetautkus55065 жыл бұрын

    Hi there,..........thnks Vic👀👀👀👀👀👣👣👣👣👣👣wow very interesting like always. .........👍🌏❤

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!! I enjoyed videotaping this historic place in the middle of the summer (over 36 degrees Celsius that day!!)

  • @DJWerkz
    @DJWerkz3 жыл бұрын

    Visited in 2008, would love to return

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching! 👍👍👍

  • @MrBrownnn696
    @MrBrownnn6965 жыл бұрын

    Wow..... Very nice

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @1komb1gjak2
    @1komb1gjak24 жыл бұрын

    thnx for cooming in Albania

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    4 жыл бұрын

    I loved it, coming back soon!

  • @missypfeiffer6012
    @missypfeiffer60125 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for taking the time to video this and explain so much valuable information. I have been to Butrint twice, but didn't realize all the details you brought out. I will go again next week with my mom and niece and show them your video first. Perhaps try to get a book about it too, as you recommended. You did a fantastic job! Thank YOU Soooo Much!!

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your wonderful comments and enjoy your visit to Butrint!!

  • @kamalarai3172
    @kamalarai31723 жыл бұрын

    please make some video on uruk also

  • @Albanian_History
    @Albanian_History3 жыл бұрын

    ✝️🇦🇱✝️

  • @tc2425
    @tc24255 жыл бұрын

    What Camera are you Film with ?

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    5 жыл бұрын

    In this case I used a SONY a5000!

  • @marianavivanco4152
    @marianavivanco41522 жыл бұрын

    This was an Illirian site! Albanian were and are one of the most ancient people in Europe

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    2 жыл бұрын

    This site has changed hands many times..

  • @navyseal4562
    @navyseal45623 жыл бұрын

    Waw

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching! 👍👍👍

  • @BalkanCrusader
    @BalkanCrusader4 жыл бұрын

    There's at least 30 ancient sites from Istria to Albania and on the islands in the Adriatic sea where we can see megalithic ruins.. Daorson,Asseria,Varvaria,Zvonigrad and many others.. Few of them are researched and showing signs of great destruction around the time of Trojan war,1200.bc.... So everything tells me that this is the land that Homer sings about:)

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hello, thank you for your comments!!

  • @dalina25

    @dalina25

    4 жыл бұрын

    Illyria = Ylli Ri = New Star Albania = Alb Banja = ALP Resident = Highlanders Living in the Alps or Mountain Macedonia = Madhe Djell = Big Sun Dardania = Dardha = Pear Dalmatia = Dalma = Sheep Moesia= Mola = Apple Pelasgian + Pleq Gigant= Old Giant Dyrrachium = Dy rrah = Two Hills Apollo = Apelon = Appeal Oracle of Pythia = Ora Ku Le Pytje = Time to ask a question. Delphi = Selvije = a Selvije is a most beautiful women kosovans call this women Selvije You had to appeal / apollo in front of a selvije/delphi a beautiful woman , and ask her a question/oracle pythia Amaltha and Adamanthea = Tamel Dhia means Goat Milk and Adamanthea means E ta man Dhia says The goat should nurse him. Medusa = says simple Me Dy SY mean with two eyes and many eyes Aphrodite = Afer dita means Dawn , Poseidon =Posedon means Possess Owns Master . Olympia =O Lumt Shpia means Glorious House. Hera = era means Wind. Rhea =reja in means Clouds. Zeus = Zeu means Voice. Apollo = Apelon means Appeal . Kronos = Kronoj/ Krijoj means Create . Athena = E thene means said like it’s already said .. Ajax = jax means blood. Odyssey = udhes means travel or traveller. Triton = Drita means light . Thetis = deti means Sea Alexander say A le ksi ander means born like a dream

  • @avitiusrufinus6980
    @avitiusrufinus69805 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for Illyrians/Albanians that created such magnificent buildings❤🇦🇱 shame Europe and all superpowers in general are trying so hard to hide ancient Albanian *Illyrian* history

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hello, thank you for your comments!!

  • @user-ns7jb1tw4d
    @user-ns7jb1tw4d3 жыл бұрын

    Unique Greek heritage!

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    3 жыл бұрын

    σίγουρα!

  • @albodomi1979
    @albodomi19792 жыл бұрын

    I dont think you are correct when you say that everything was buit by romans. Butrint has been a great city for the time, it cannot be buit by concuerers. It has a big amphitheater, different people call also Durres (Dyrrachium) as a roman colony, there is no coloniser that builts amphiteaters with 20000 thousand capacity for a colony. Doesnt make sense

  • @TheArbenGjoni
    @TheArbenGjoni5 жыл бұрын

    Not a Greek Colony though

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    5 жыл бұрын

    It was definitely a Greek city..

  • @TheArbenGjoni

    @TheArbenGjoni

    5 жыл бұрын

    Vic Stefanu - World Travels and Adventures just like Greek yogurt. Greek everything. Haha. You guys stole more history than any other culture. Facts.

  • @vanmars5718

    @vanmars5718

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@TheArbenGjoni oh my god!!! Can you really be so illiterate? Greek colonies were all across the Mediterranean and Black seas...All southern Albania is foul of ancient Greek cities, the Greek minority is still there at the same region....what an idiot

  • @NICKVAS1
    @NICKVAS19 ай бұрын

    Greek ancient city vouthroto...real name means city in lake...buntriti new name

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    9 ай бұрын

    Sadly, not too many Greeks know of the existence of this historic place.. Thank you for your comments..

  • @tosk2098
    @tosk20983 жыл бұрын

    Not the greeks but the illyrians

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    3 жыл бұрын

    According to whom?

  • @tosk2098

    @tosk2098

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@VicStefanu kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZqOlMiakcXJl8Y.html. This i the only thing that i can show to you right now but you have to find a way to translated

  • @vanmars5718
    @vanmars57184 жыл бұрын

    The ancient Greek world through the colonies around the Mediterranean and the black seas, from Asia Minor till Afghanistan is visible through the cities the statues and the inscriptions in the marbles to say the all tales of the Greeks...No country, no system had fight the Greek presence so much, not even turkey.. Like modern Albania is doing, such a petty

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hello, thank you for your comments!! 👍👍👍

  • @dalina25

    @dalina25

    4 жыл бұрын

    ALBANIA means (LAND OF THE HIGHLANDERS) in albanish (Hill Mountain) presend day( ALPS). - Albert, Alberta: a combination of (alb)from the word( BERTAS) meaning (Mountain-Scream)(Mountain Shout ) - Albulena: a combination of (ALB) from the name Alban and the albanish word (Lindja) meaning (Mountain -Born) Aleksander, Aleksandra: the names dervied from the illirian( A LE KSI ANDER) meaning (BORN A DREAM) Hera: the name is dervied from the pelasgian or the illirian (HERA) in albanish (ERA)meaning (WIND) Hercules : derives rom the illirian word (Era Kulles) meaning (Tower Wind also Highest Wind) Aphrodite Afrodite: the name dervied from the pelasigian or the illirian (AFRO DITE) in albanish (AFER DITES) meaning (Morning NEAR DAY- DAWN) Triton: the name dervied from the pelasigian word (DRITA) meaning (LIGHT) Ares: the name is dervied from the pelasgian or the ilirian ARES in albanish (ERZ or EREZ) meaning (PRIDE) Artemis: derives from the illyrian word (Arte) meaning (GOLD) Oracle of Delphi : derives from the illirian word ora- ku-le-nje pyetje) meaning (time to leave a Question) Demeter: derives from the albanian word (DHE Meter) meaning (Mother Earth) DinonyZeus: derives from illririen word (Dion Dial Djal) meaning (Son of ZEUS) ( Child of Zeus ) Apollo: derives from the pelasgien name (Apelia /Apeileon/Apellai)Apelim/Apel meaning (Appeal) Apelia is the place were you appeal before the (Oracle of Delphi) or (Oracle of Pythja) (ora-ku-le-nje pyetje) meaning (time to leave a Question) Hades: Hades comes from the illirian word (Des /Dek/ Vdes) meaning (Dead) Zeus: derives from illyrian (ZE ZEU) meaning (VOICE) (Voice of god) Prometheus: derives from the albanian word (Premtim) meaning (Promise) , Athena: the name is derived from the pelasigian ATHINE in illirian ATHANA and in albanish (ETHENE) meaning (WISE WORD) (Last Word) Achilles: the name dervied from the pelasgian AK I LLES in albanish( AQ I LEHT)meaning (SO LIGHT.) Ardian, Ardiana: dervied from the illirian ARDIA or ARDIAN in albanish ARDHJA or ARDHJEN meaning FUTURE. Calabria: derives from the illrian word Kala Bri meaning Casle of Horn Debora: the name is dervied from the albanish (SE Bora) meaning (Like SNOW) Dardania: derives from the illyian word (DARDHA) meaning (PEAR) Pella: a city that was the capital city of macedonian in the ancinte times. The name is dervied from (PELASGIEN) People ancient people that lived in the balkan before the greeks did. This people were the most oldest Forefathers. (PLEGE) meaning OLD or OLD PEOPLE First generation land ODYSSE: the name dervied from the pelasigian or the illirian ODYSEE in albanish (UDHES) meaning (TRAVLER) Troy: The name derives from the illrian word (Troja Troje) meaning (ROOTS Place of Origin) Ajax: the name is dervied from the illirian (AJAX) in albanish (GJAXES) meaning ( BLOOD). Sparta: derives from the illirian word (Shpata) Meaning (Sword) Thetis: the name dervied from the pelasgian or the (THETIS) in albanish (DETI meaning SEA). Linda: the name is dervied from the albanish (LINDJA) meaning (BIRTH) Hanna: the name is dervied from the albansih (HANA) meaning (moon) Ylliria: derives fron the albanian word( YLLI RI)meaning (New Star)

  • @nazmiduraku1091
    @nazmiduraku10914 жыл бұрын

    Butrint Wass Illyrian City not Greek I wonder why you never mention Illyrian in that video is this for political reasons ⁉️

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    4 жыл бұрын

    No, no political reasons whatsoever..

  • @markelkola
    @markelkola3 жыл бұрын

    Not grek ilirian

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for visiting! 👍👍👍

  • @TheArbenGjoni
    @TheArbenGjoni5 жыл бұрын

    This Was Illyrian land

  • @apmikalogran
    @apmikalogran5 жыл бұрын

    Ancient Greek city

  • @VicStefanu

    @VicStefanu

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yes.. without a doubt..

  • @avitiusrufinus6980

    @avitiusrufinus6980

    5 жыл бұрын

    Ancient Albanian city-illyrian. I assume you believe you are the same as ancient Greeks right? Lol greeks nowadays look like Iranians veryyy dark people to be white European

  • @apmikalogran

    @apmikalogran

    5 жыл бұрын

    ilir AL blah blah blah Ancient Greek city you dream on of big squiperia and go hide the statue of kastrioti when you pray to allah in order to do it calm down as you use to do in tyrana I understand is hard for you to have as a hero the person that used to slaughter your ancestors Austrohungarians create a state that is a joke Turkalbanians like ismael qemal held the red Byzantine war flag as a national flag If kastriotis was living in the same period he would cut his head for sure Now the last twenty years the American pay for the propaganda in order you to say that you are pelasgian Dardan superheroes 😂

  • @apmikalogran

    @apmikalogran

    5 жыл бұрын

    I hope for you to be healthy greetings from sunny Crete I got tanned already the sea is great

  • @apmikalogran

    @apmikalogran

    5 жыл бұрын

    I am not a nationalist but it’s easy for us in balkans to become nationalists that’s our way to be divided toys in the hands of the big powerful countries