The Rodoni Castle or Skanderbeg Castle ( sq, Kalaja e Rodonit; Kalaja e Skënderbeut) is a

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. Rodoni Castle is at an

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of .

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Rodoni Castle is on the Cape of Rodon. After the victorious

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the League of Lezhë decided to increase the fortifications for use against the

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Skanderbeg , reign = 28 November 1443 – 17 January 1468 , predecessor = Gjon Kastrioti , successor = Gjon Kastrioti II , spouse = Donika Arianiti , issue = Gjon Kastrioti II , royal house = Kastrioti , father ...

chose the cape of Rodon as the location of the castle and construction began in 1450. The walls of the castle that was completed in approximately 1452 had a length of . When the Siege of Krujë started in 1466 Skanderbeg retreated to Rodoni Castle from where he and his family, together with many people from Albania, were transported to

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in 14 ships. According to

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this castle was destroyed by Ottoman forces in 1467. In 1500 the castle was rebuilt by the

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. As a result of the corrosive action of the sea waves, some of the walls are now under the waters of the Adriatic. Today the visitors can see the outer walls on the right side and the tower at the place they intersect.

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