Cape_of_Rodon

Cape of Rodon

Cape of Rodon

Rocky cape in Albania

The Cape of Rodon or Cape of Skanderbeg (Albanian: Kepi i Rodonit or Kepi i Skenderbeut) is a rocky cape on the Adriatic Sea north of Durrës, Albania.[3] On the Cape is the Rodoni Castle, built by Skanderbeg in 1463.[4] and a Saint Anthony Church. Further south in the bay between the cape and Rrushkull Reserve there exist several beach resorts like Fshati Turistik Lura while Lalzit Bay Resort is under construction.

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Name

The name Redon appears in ancient inscriptions found in Santa Maria di Leuca (present-day Lecce), and on coins minted by the Illyrian city of Lissos, suggesting that he was worshipped as the guardian deity of the city,[5] and probably as a sea god.[6] The fact that Redon was always depicted on coins wearing a petasos demonstrates a connection with travelling and sailing, which led historians to the conclusion that Redon was the deity protector of travellers and sailors.[7] Indeed, the inscriptions of Santa Maria di Leuca were carved by the crews of two Roman merchant ships manned by Illyrians.[8] Inscriptions mentioning Redon were also found on coins from the Illyrian cities of Daorson and Scodra, and even in archaeological findings from Dyrrhachium after the establishment of a Roman colony there.[7] His name keeps on being used in the Albanian Kepi i Rodonit, which could be analysed as an Illyrian sanctuary dedicated to the god of the sailors in the past.[9]

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Citations

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    List of Lights, Pub. 113: The West Coasts of Europe and Africa, the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea and Azovskoye More (Sea of Azov) (PDF). List of Lights. United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. 2015.
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    Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Albania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
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    Geonames. "GeoNames Fulltextsearch : kepi i rodonit". Retrieved 7 November 2010.
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    Tauleda. "Kalaja e Skenderbeut, Kepi i Rodonit". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
  5. [5]
    Dyczek et al. 2014, pp. 82–83.
  6. [6]
    Ceka 2013, p. 348.
  7. [7]
    Ceka 2013, pp. 230, 348.
  8. [8]
    Ceka 2013, pp. 230, 348; Dyczek et al. 2014, pp. 82–83
  9. [9]
    Ceka 2013, p. 230.

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