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The Venetian Fortress of Butrint () is a castle on the Butrint Peninsula in southern Albania. The castle is located by the Channel of Vivari within the Butrint National Park and close to the neighbouring Venetian Triangular Castle.
In 1386 the Venetians purchased the land around Butrint from the Angevin Kingdom of Naples. The castle was shortly built after the purchase on the highest point of the peninsula. In 1572, during the wars between Venetian and the
File:Weltkulturerbe in butrint mai2017 - 4.jpg, Inside the Castle
File:Butrint (Buthrotum, Butrinto). Venetian enclave facing Corfu..jpg, Venetian Exclave of Butrint
The Venetian Fortress of Butrint () is a castle on the Butrint Peninsula in southern Albania. The castle is located by the Channel of Vivari within the Butrint National Park and close to the neighbouring Venetian Triangular Castle.
In 1386 the Venetians purchased the land around Butrint from the Angevin Kingdom of Naples. The castle was shortly built after the purchase on the highest point of the peninsula. In 1572, during the wars between Venetian and the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
, the Venetian Acropolis Castle was abandoned. This led to the creation of the Venetian Triangular Castle which was built across the Channel of Vivari as a replacement settlement to protect the fish traps, a very important source of food and income for its settlement.
The castle and the surrounding area came under French rule in 1797. In 1798, Ali Pasha of Tepelena conquered it, and in 1822 it came under direct Ottoman rule until Albanian Independence in 1912. The Castle was restored by Luigi Maria Ugolini. As per 1936, it houses the Archaeological Museum of Butrint.
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See also
* Venetian Triangular Castle * Butrint * Butrint National Park * Lake Butrint * Channel of Vivari * List of castles in Albania * Tourism in Albania * History of AlbaniaReferences
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