Stairs, Lake Gate, Butrint, Chaonia, Albania
Stairs in the Lake Gate or Scean Gate, built 4th century BC within the Hellenistic city walls, 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
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13428679
Media ID
45108087
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3569px x 5481px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
