Nemi
Sign in to saveNemi is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome (central Italy), in the Alban Hills overlooking Lake Nemi, a volcanic crater lake. It is northwest of Velletri and about southeast of Rome.
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Nemi is a small town in the hills near Rome, Italy, situated on the edge of a volcanic crater lake of the same name. It matters as a historic settlement in the Roman metropolitan region that showcases the natural geography and heritage of central Italy's volcanic landscape.
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- Nemi
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- Comune di Nemi
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- View of Nemi
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- Lazio
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- Rome (RM)
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- Alberto Bertucci
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- 521
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- 7
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- 31 May 2015
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- 1918
Article
7 sectionsContents
- Main sights
- The Temple of Diana Nemorensis
- Caligula's ships
- Other sights
- Strawberries
- References
- External links
Nemi is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome (central Italy), in the Alban Hills overlooking Lake Nemi, a volcanic crater lake. It is northwest of Velletri and about southeast of Rome.
The town's name derives from the Latin nemus, or "holy wood". In antiquity the area had no town, but the grove was the site of one of the most famous of Roman cults and temples: the Temple of Diana Nemorensis.