Ariccia
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Ariccia is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Central Italy, 25 kilometres southeast of Rome. It is in the Alban Hills of the Lazio region and could be considered an extension of Rome
Ariccia and Vallericcia
View of the historical centre from the Ariccia bridge.
The church of Santa Maria Assunta by Gian Lorenzo Bernini.
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Ariccia Palazzo Chigi, 1826–27.
Rex Nemorensis
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The rex Nemorensis was a priest of the goddess Diana at Aricia in Italy, by the shores of Lake Nemi, where she was known as Diana Nemorensis.
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…included the Lake of Nemi, was located the sanctuary of Diana Aricina (or Diana Nemorensis) held by the Latin cities in common, and presided over by the Rex Nemorensis. The association with the cult of Diana led to its development as an influential and affluent centre of healing and medicine. In 508 BC, Lars Porsena…
Ruins by the shores of Lake Nemi, in an 1831 engraving
Denarius depicting Diana Nemorensis, who was conceived as a triple goddess (diva triformis)
Diana in hunting boots, from a 2nd-century Roman mosaic
Portrait of a flamen, Louvre museum, Paris, Ma 431