{"id":7851,"date":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/1970\/01\/01\/leon-rej\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T18:52:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T18:52:50","slug":"leon-rej","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/albheritage.wpadmin.ch\/en\/1970\/01\/01\/leon-rej\/","title":{"rendered":"Leon Rej"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leon Rey, a French archaeol<\/span>ogis<\/span>t<\/span>, was born in <\/span>Faremou<\/span>t<\/span>iers<\/span>, F<\/span>ran<\/span>c<\/span>e. He served as <\/span>t<\/span>he head of <\/span>t<\/span>he French archaeological mission <\/span>es<\/span>t<\/span>ablished<\/span> under <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>Albanian-French<\/span> agreemen<\/span>t<\/span> of 1923, which g<\/span>ran<\/span>t<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>he righ<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>o conduc<\/span>t<\/span> archaeological research and excava<\/span>t<\/span>ions for a period of 30 years<\/span> in <\/span>t<\/span>he prefec<\/span>t<\/span>ures of Shkodër, Durrës, and Vlorë. Rey conduc<\/span>t<\/span>ed only limi<\/span>t<\/span>ed surveys in <\/span>Durrës, bu<\/span>t<\/span> from 1924 <\/span>t<\/span>o 1938, he led excava<\/span>t<\/span>ions in Apollonia, uncovering many significan<\/span>t<\/span> monumen<\/span>t<\/span>s. He worked diligen<\/span>t<\/span>ly <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>exhibi<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he discovered ar<\/span>t<\/span>ifac<\/span>t<\/span>s and aim<\/span>ed <\/span>t<\/span>o <\/span>es<\/span>t<\/span>ablish<\/span> a museum in Fier, bu<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>his ini<\/span>t<\/span>ia<\/span>t<\/span>ive did no<\/span>t<\/span> receive suppor<\/span>t<\/span> from <\/span>t<\/span>he governmen<\/span>t<\/span> a<\/span>t<\/span> t<\/span>he <\/span>t<\/span>ime. In 1936, wi<\/span>t<\/span>h <\/span>t<\/span>he <\/span>assis<\/span>t<\/span>ance<\/span> of pa<\/span>t<\/span>rio<\/span>t<\/span>s, he <\/span>t<\/span>ran<\/span>sformed <\/span>t<\/span>he his<\/span>t<\/span>orical building <\/span>t<\/span>ha<\/span>t<\/span> had housed <\/span>t<\/span>he na<\/span>t<\/span>ional governmen<\/span>t<\/span> af<\/span>t<\/span>er <\/span>t<\/span>he Declara<\/span>t<\/span>ion of<\/span> Independence in 1912 in Vlora in<\/span>t<\/span>o an archaeological museum. <\/span>T<\/span>he findings from <\/span>t<\/span>he excava<\/span>t<\/span>ions and fur<\/span>t<\/span>her s<\/span>t<\/span>udies in archaeology, his<\/span>t<\/span>ory, and ar<\/span>t<\/span> were published by Leon Rey and his collabora<\/span>t<\/span>ors in a special journal <\/span>t<\/span>i<\/span>t<\/span>led “Albanie, Cahiers <\/span>d’Archeologi<\/span>e<\/span>, <\/span>d’His<\/span>t<\/span>oire<\/span> e<\/span>t<\/span> d’Ar<\/span>t<\/span> en<\/span> Albanie e<\/span>t<\/span> dans les Balkans,” which produced six issues. Leon Rey passed away in 1954. <\/span><\/span>(In <\/em><\/span>t<\/span>he pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/em>o: Leon Rej<\/em>)<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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T<\/span>ex<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>:<\/span><\/span> Albanian encyclopedic dic<\/span>t<\/span>ionary – Vol. 3<\/span><\/span>, Academy of Sciences of Albania, “Kris<\/span>t<\/span>alina-KH”, <\/span>T<\/span>i<\/span>ran<\/span>a, 2009, page 2<\/span>227.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Pho<\/span>t<\/span><\/strong>o<\/strong>: <\/span><\/span>© h<\/span>t<\/span>t<\/span>ps:\/\/pash<\/span>t<\/span>riku.org\/<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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