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The Triangular Castle of Vivari

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The Triangular Castle of Vivari is a fortress on the Butrint Peninsula, located on the southern shore of the Vivari Canal. It is named for its triangular plan shape. At each of its three corners, round towers were built, with the southwestern tower preserved at full height. The first construction phase, dating to the 13th–14th centuries, includes only the castle walls, traces of some internal buildings, and loopholes covered with slab-shaped roofs. In a second phase, the two-story southwestern tower was built. Meanwhile, the other two towers, which are similar in construction technique, shape, and interior architecture, belong to a third construction phase. The fourth phase (17th–18th centuries) includes the interior spaces supported by the southern and western walls. The castle is located near the Venetian Acropolis Castle. In 1386, the Venetians purchased the land around Butrint from the Angevins, and the castle was built at the highest point of the peninsula, where it was easiest to defend. After a period of battles between the Republic of Venice and the Ottomans, this castle was abandoned until the construction of the Venetian Triangular Castle, built in its current form in the 15th century on the other side of the Vivari Canal as a replacement settlement after the abandonment of the previous castle. The castle featured fish traps to protect an important food and income source and controlled local trade exchanges.
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The castle is located near the Venetian Acropolis Castle as a replacement settlement after the abandonment of the previous castle.
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🏰 What?

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A triangular flatland fortress with round towers built at each of its three corners, with the southwestern tower preserved at full height.
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The castle had fish traps to protect a very important source of food and income and controlled the area's trade exchanges.

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The castle is located on the Butrint Peninsula, on the southern shore of the Vivari Canal, just a few kilometers away from the beautiful Riviera towns of Saranda and Ksamil.
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In 1386, the Venetians bought the land around Butrint from the Angevins, and the castle was built at the highest point of the peninsula, where it was easier to defend.

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