Albanian mountains (Italian: Colli Albani ) - a mountain range in Italy .
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The Albanian mountains are the remnants of a mountain ring formation of volcanic origin. Their length is about 60 kilometers in the region of Lazio , province of Rome , 20 kilometers southeast of Rome and 24 kilometers north of Anzio . The highest point is Mount Monte Cavo , 950 meters high. In its south-west, the annular mountain landscape is torn by 2 crater lakes - Albano and Nemi .
Active volcanic activity in the Albanian Mountains continued until approximately 1100 BC. e., and this impeded their settlement. In Roman times, the mountains were called Albanus Mons . At the top of Monte Cavos, the temple of Jupiter was built. In this shrine, the Latins celebrated their celebrations, and the Roman consuls sometimes celebrated triumphs . The temple has not been preserved to this day, but there remains an old Roman road leading to it.
Both in antiquity, and now the Albanian mountains, and especially the area of lakes, have been and remain a favorite vacation spot of Italians ancient and modern. A resort area has been created here, many villas and so on have been built.
Literature
- Christian Hülsen: Albanus mons. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Band I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Sp. 1309-1311.
- F. Marra, M. Gaeta, B. Giaccio, BR Jicha, DM Palladino. Assessing the volcanic hazard for Rome: 40Ar / 39Ar and In-SAR constraints on the most recent eruptive activity and present-day uplift at Colli Albani Volcanic District // Geophysical Research Letters. - 2016-01-01. - P. 2016 GL069518 . - ISSN 1944-8007 . - DOI : 10.1002 / 2016 GL069518 .