{{Short description|Rocky cape in Albania}} {{Infobox body of water | name = Cape of Rodon | image = Cape of Rodon.png | caption = Map of the Cape of Rodon | location = Southern Europe | length = | width = | pushpin_map = Albania | area = | depth = | coordinates = {{coord|41|35|9|N|19|26|59|E|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | oceans = Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean Sea | countries = Albania | settlements = Durrës }} {{Infobox lighthouse | qid = Q106212574 | name = Kep i Rodonit Lighthouse<br>''Cape of Rodon'' | yearbuilt = 1884 (first) | yearlit = 2007 (current) | foundation = concrete base | construction = metal lamp post | shape = cylindrical lamp post<ref>{{cite ngall|113|2015|}}</ref> | marking = grey metal post with light atop<ref>{{Cite rowlett|alb|access-date=6 April 2017}}</ref> }} The '''Cape of Rodon''' or '''Cape of Skanderbeg''' ({{langx|sq|Kepi i Rodonit}} or ''Kepi i Skenderbeut'') is a rocky cape on the Adriatic Sea north of Durrës, Albania.<ref name="Geonames">{{cite web|url=http://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=kepi+i+rodonit&country=|title=GeoNames Fulltextsearch : kepi i rodonit|last=Geonames|access-date=7 November 2010}}</ref> On the cape is the Rodoni Castle, built by Skanderbeg in 1463,<ref name="Tauleda">{{cite web|url=http://www.dancealbfest.com/guide/htmlalbania/turizemrural/ishem/vizitdrac/KalajaSkenderbeut.htm|title=Kalaja e Skenderbeut, Kepi i Rodonit|last=Tauleda|access-date=7 November 2010|archive-date=14 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314190602/http://www.dancealbfest.com/guide/htmlalbania/turizemrural/ishem/vizitdrac/KalajaSkenderbeut.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> and Saint Anthony Church. Further south in the bay between the cape and Rrushkull Reserve there exist several beach resorts like “Lura” and “San Pietro Resort”, gathering a considerable amount of tourists during the summer months.
==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,{{Sfn|Dyczek|Kolendo|Łajtar|Plóciennik|2014|pp=82–83}} and probably as a sea god.{{Sfn|Ceka|2013|p=348}} 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.{{Sfn|Ceka|2013|pp=230, 348}} Indeed, the inscriptions of Santa Maria di Leuca were carved by the crews of two Roman merchant ships manned by Illyrians.<ref>{{harvnb|Ceka|2013|pp=230, 348}}; {{harvnb|Dyczek|Kolendo|Łajtar|Plóciennik|2014|pp=82–83}}</ref> 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.{{Sfn|Ceka|2013|pp=230, 348}} 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.{{Sfn|Ceka|2013|p=230}}
== See also == {{Commons category|Cape Rodon|Cape of Rodon}} * Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast * Biodiversity of Albania * Geography of Albania * Protected areas of Albania
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===Bibliography=== {{Refbegin}} *{{cite book|last=Ceka|first=Neritan|title=The Illyrians to the Albanians|place=Tirana|publisher=Migjeni|year=2013|isbn=9789928407467}} *{{Cite journal|last=Dyczek|first=Piotr|last2=Kolendo|first2=Jerzy|last3=Łajtar|first3=Adam|last4=Plóciennik|first4=Tomasz|last5=Rzepkowski|first5=Krzysztof|date=2014|title=Une inscription métrique de Lambaesis (CIL, VIII, 2581; F. Buecheler, Carmina Latina epigraphica, 1527) et la statue du dieu illyrien Médaure|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/antaf_0066-4871_2014_num_50_1_1560|journal=Antiquités africaines|volume=50|issue=1|pages=73–84|doi=10.3406/antaf.2014.1560|language=fr}} {{refend}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cape of Rodon}} Category:Bays of Albania Category:Headlands of Albania Category:Bays of the Mediterranean Category:Bodies of water of Albania Category:Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast Category:Illyrian Albania