Cape of Rodon

41°35′9″N 19°26′59″E / 41.58583°N 19.44972°E / 41.58583; 19.44972Ocean/sea sourcesAdriatic Sea, Mediterranean SeaBasin countriesAlbaniaSettlementsDurrës

Kep i Rodonit Lighthouse
Cape of Rodon

Location	Cape of Rodon, Albania
Coordinates	41°35′03″N 19°26′59″E / 41.584167°N 19.449722°E / 41.584167; 19.449722
Tower
Constructed	1884 (first)
Foundation	concrete base
Construction	metal lamp post
Height	3 m (9.8 ft)
Shape	cylindrical lamp post[1]
Markings	grey metal post with light atop[2]
Power source	solar power
Light
First lit	2007 (current)
Focal height	40 m (130 ft)
Range	8 nmi (15 km; 9.2 mi)
Characteristic	Fl(2) W 10s

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.

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]

See also

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Albania". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
3. ^ Geonames. "GeoNames Fulltextsearch : kepi i rodonit". Retrieved 7 November 2010.
4. ^ Tauleda. "Kalaja e Skenderbeut, Kepi i Rodonit". Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
5. ^ Dyczek et al. 2014, pp. 82–83.
6. ^ Ceka 2013, p. 348.
7. ^ ^{a b} Ceka 2013, pp. 230, 348.
8. ^ Ceka 2013, pp. 230, 348; Dyczek et al. 2014, pp. 82–83
9. ^ Ceka 2013, p. 230.

• Ceka, Neritan (2013). The Illyrians to the Albanians. Tirana: Migjeni. ISBN 9789928407467.
• Dyczek, Piotr; Kolendo, Jerzy; Łajtar, Adam; Plóciennik, Tomasz; Rzepkowski, Krzysztof (2014). "Une inscription métrique de Lambaesis (CIL, VIII, 2581 ; F. Buecheler, Carmina Latina epigraphica, 1527) et la statue du dieu illyrien Médaure". Antiquités africaines (in French). 50 (1): 73–84. doi:10.3406/antaf.2014.1560.