Butrint is an ancient settlement founded in the Antiquity period: in the 7th-6th centuries BC, a Greek colony appeared here. The city flourished for over a thousand years, and managed to survive the raids of the Vandals, Goths, and Slavic tribes. In the 15th century, the settlement was abandoned. In the 1920s, archaeological excavations began on its site, during which well-preserved structures from different periods were discovered. Now there is a museum-reserve in Butrint.