Church of the Scean Gate, Butrint, Chaonia, Albania
Church of the Scean Gate, 9th - 10th century, at the Lake Gate or Scean Gate, Butrint, Chaonia, Albania. Butrint was founded by the Greek Chaonian tribe and was a port throughout Hellenistic and Roman times, when it was known as Buthrotum. It was ruled by the Byzantines and the Venetians and finally abandoned in the Middle Ages. The ruins at Butrint were listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13428691
Media ID
45107837
Size
5616px x 3744px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
