Housing remains from different eras in history, the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Venetian and Ottoman periods, the archaeological site of Butrint is located inside a nature reserve characterized by its rich biodiversity and the variety of its habitats. The recent archaeological excavations, accompanied by research into the natural environment, have uncovered the complex anthropological and
... [Show full abstract] geological history of the area, underlining the importance of its preservation. The boundaries of the park, as vague as the marshy borderline between land and sea, seem to mark out a perimeter within which a new kind of landscape can develop, one in which nature and archaeology are closely bound together.