Ali Pasha Festung in Butrint

Sightseeing near Ksamil

Last edited 20.07.2022 at 09:00 by NV Charts Team

Latitude

39° 44’ 29.1” N

Longitude

19° 59’ 32.8” E

Description

At the entrance from the Adriatic Sea to the medieval town of Butrint lies one of the fortresses of Ali Pasha (1740 - 1822) - was an Ottoman Albanian ruler who served as Pasha to the Ottoman Empire. His court was located in Ioannina , and the territory he ruled included most of Epirus and the western parts of Thessaly and Greek Macedonia.