and an Epirote bishopric and the Ottoman reign. Located on a Peninsula extending into Lake Butrint, the town site was an important location through history, known as Bouthroton or Bouthrotios in Ancient Greek and Buthrotum in Latin, with numerous archaeological finds from the long and turbulent history excavated in the area. According to a legend, the Butrint city was founded in the 12th century BC by fleeing Troyans after the victorious Greeks had burnt their town of Troy.