Alban Hills
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The Alban Hills are the caldera remains of a quiescent volcanic complex in Italy, located 20 km southeast of Rome and about 24 km north of Anzio. The 950 m high Monte Cavo forms a highly visible peak
Monte Cavo (the Alban Mount) and Alban Lake
Aerial view showing the main caldera and several secondary ones around the rim
Louis Gurlitt, Alban Hills (1850)
The Alban Hills.
Lake Albano
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Lake Albano is a small volcanic crater lake in the Alban Hills of Lazio, at the foot of Monte Cavo, 20 km southeast of Rome. Castel Gandolfo, overlooking the lake, is the site of the Papal Palace of C
Alban Hills
…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…
The lake
Painting by Sylvester Shchedrin, before 1825
Lake Albano, George Inness, 1869
Panoramic view