Key facts
- Peak
- Maschio delle Faete
- Elevation
- 956 m (3,136 ft)
- Rock age
- 25,000 Ka
- Mountain type
- Calderas
- Rock type s
- Phonotephrite , Tephri-phonolite
- Last eruption
- 5,000 BC
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mountain range
- Country
- Italy
- Located in
- Lazio
- Elevation
- 951
- Image
- Monte Cavo Visto da castel gandolfo.jpg
- Width
- 15
- Length
- 15
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- Commons category
- Alban Hills
- Commons gallery
- Colli Albani
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Encyclopedic overview
The Alban Hills (Italian: Colli Albani) are the caldera remains of a quiescent volcanic complex in Italy, located 20 km (12 mi) southeast of Rome and about 24 km (15 mi) north of Anzio. The 950 m (3,120 ft) high Monte Cavo forms a highly visible peak in the centre of the caldera, but the highest point is Maschio delle Faete approximately 2 km (1.2 mi) to the east of Cavo and 6 m (20 ft) taller. There are subsidiary calderas along the rim of the Alban Hills that contain the lakes Albano and Nemi. The hills are composed of peperino (lapis albanus), a variety of tuff that is useful for construction and provides a mineral-rich substrate for nearby vineyards.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alban Hills” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.