Ancient city of Butrint in Albania is one of 12 selected historic destinations to visit in Europe from the site The Culture Trip, which has compiled a list of historical destinations that may not be well known to the world.
Butrint Albanians represents one of the most important values of cultural heritage, registered as such for the first time by UNESCO in 1999.
2003 Lagoon and Cape Stillo was declared Ramsar Area and National Park, which is the category II of IUCN's category of Protected Areas Management.
The Culture Trip described the city as follows:
"Butrint was a Greek city and Roman ruins in northern Albania of today, not far from the Greek border. The town grew during the period of Roman control after Caesar appointed as a colony for veterans of the war against Pompey. Augustus later expanded by building a akuadukt city, forum, theater and nymph. It doubled the size of the city and lulëzou until its collapse in the late Empire. Now this place is open to visitors as the Butrint National Park. "