Marino, Lazio
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Marino is an Italian comune with 46,676 inhabitants located in the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital in Lazio.
View of the historical centre
The Alban Hills today: the remnants of the volcanic crater of the Latium Volcano, which covered an area of approximately 1,600 square kilometres (620 sq mi), are clearly visible in the current orography.
Panorama of Marino
Vegetation growing on peperino in the Colle Licia locality at kilometer 5 of the Strada statale 217 Via dei Laghi.
Alba Longa
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Alba Longa was an ancient Latin city in Central Italy in the vicinity of Lake Albano in the Alban Hills. The ancient Romans believed it to be the founder and head of the Latin League, before it was de
Marino, Lazio
…city whose location is debated between the Colle Licia locality and the hamlet of Frattocchie; it served as a refuge for inhabitants displaced from Alba Longa after its destruction in 658 BC and was the origin of the Gens Julia. Emperor Tiberius Claudius Nero established the Sodales Augustales there in 14 AD…
Castel Gandolfo on a long, sunlit ridge overlooking Lake Albano, the most likely site of ancient Alba Longa
In the temple of Vesta, painting by Constantin Hölscher, 1902
AR serrate denarius of C. Sulpicius C. f. Galba