Gateway to Butrint

The area on the southeast of Butrint marked one of the main entrances into the city between the 3rd century BC and the 14th century AD.

In the later 3rd century BC an imposing entrance, the Tower Gate, was constructed. It was flanked by a round tower on one side and a rectangular tower on the other, both with arrow slits. Wooden gates sealed each end of the long passageway between the two towers, which was wide enough for a cart to pass.

In the Middle Ages a new gate, The Water Gate, was constructed on the edge of the lake with a tower on the seaward side to protect from attack.

 

• Gateway to Butrint
• The Tower Gate
• The Nymphaeum
• The Water Gate
• The Hellenistic Gate
• The Roman Gate
• The Medieval Gate