Butrint, Albania

Albania-1, originally uploaded by Abhishek's Received Postcards.

Butrint is an Ancient Greek city and an archeological site in Sarandë District, Albania, some 14 kilometres south of Sarandë and close to the Greek border. It is located on a hill overlooking the Vivari Channel. Inhabited since prehistoric times, Butrint has been the site of an Epirote city, a Roman colony and a bishopric.