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Butrint Project
The Albanian and Italian archaeological research project in Butrint, developed in 2015, is part of the wider research agreement on Ancient Chaonia born in 2000 between the Archaeological Institute of Tirana and the University of Bologna.
Since 2017, the Butrint Project is an Archaeological Mission supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the Italian Republic. The project is engaged in the study, topographic documentation with Laser Scanner and Drone, monitoring and mapping of the state of conservation of the main monuments of the Archaeological Park of Butrint. Archaeological excavations are currently underway in the Acropolis area and are designed as a school camp for Albanian and Italian archaeology students.
Publication of the proceedings of the "Butrinto Cento" international conference
Marking 100 years since Ugolini’s first visit to Butrint, this volume presents recent archaeological results and reflections from the “Butrinto Cento” programme, outlining current research, challenges, and future directions for work in Albania and Epirus by Italian, Albanian, and international teams.
It was the spring of 1924 when Luigi Maria Ugolini spotted the promontory that held the remains of the ancient city of Butrint. On the centenary of that first journey, the Butrint Project (University of Bologna, Institute of Archaeology of Tirana) promoted the “Butrint Cento” program, designed as a series of opportunities to reflect together on the long history of research in Butrint and the surrounding region, its impact, and its future.
This volume collects the outcomes of one of these moments of meeting and discussion, offering contributions that present the most recent investigation results and discuss the challenges and future prospects of historical and archaeological research in Albania and Epirus. The texts bring together the results of studies conducted by historians and archaeologists involved in various Italian, Albanian, and international archaeological missions currently active in this region, outlining an up-to-date picture of research in a key area of the ancient Mediterranean.
The book is available as Open Access or for purchase on Archaeopress website
Reprint of Luigi Maria Ugolini's "Butrinto. Il mito d'Enea. Gli scavi"
After the presentation in June 2024 of the project of reprinting in Italian and Albanian the popular book written by Luigi Maria Ugolini (1937) to narrate the events related to the discovery of Butrint, its first excavations and history, now comes the publication of the Italian-language volume.
This reprint comes as a result of the collaboration between the Butrint Project and the Italian Cultural Institute in Tirana, with the sponsorship of the Rotta di Enea association and the contribution of the University of Bologna.
The volume, published by Edizioni Quasar (Rome) and edited by Federica Carbotti, features a preface by the Italian Ambassador in Albania Fabrizio Bucci, a foreword by the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute Alessandro Ruggera and a contribution by the directors of the Italian-Albanian Archaeological Mission in Butrint Enrico Giorgi and Belisa Muka.
The book is available for purchase on Edizioni Quasar website
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In the esteem that Unesco sites require, Italy is happy to collaborate on Albania's Unesco sites.
There are missions that Italy has very much at heart in the city of Butrinto, in the historical centres of Berat and Gjirokastra, and this is another element of our collaboration and of the cultural collaborative harmony that exists between Albania and Italy. Read more
President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella during his visit to Tirana, 08/09/2022
