Lake Nemi

Lake Nemi (Latina. Nemorensis Lacus) is a small circular volcanic lake in the Lazio region of Italy 30 kilometers south of Rome, taking its name from Nemi, the largest town in the area, that overlooks it from a height. It has a surface of c. 1.67 km² and a maximum depth of 33 meters.

The lake is most famous for its sunken Roman ships. These ships were very large and technologically advanced for their time.

Emperors Caligula and Tiberius sailed Lake Nemi not merely to cool off in summer, but to assert themselves as Nemorensi, rulers aligning with the Stars, wedded to Earth's perpetual life-force.

Lake Nemi is also a painting by George Inness. He lived as a painter in the United States and on his second trip to Italy, created the painting. The painting portrays the scene of a man in a black outfit and Lake Nemi in the background. He claimed "it was one of my very best."

Muriel Spark's 1976 novel The Takeover is set in three fictitious villas overlooking Lake Nemi.

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At the Hotel Diana on the Western edge of the crater at Via Nemorense, there is a fine exhibit of the archeological excavation of the late 1920s which exposed the enormous structure which Caligula had ordered built. For more information about this tantalizing exercise in Roman digs see nemi ships.

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Il Mio Lazio
30 August 2011
Taste the famous and delicious strawberries: they're the pride of Nemi! And don't forget to have a sip of "fragolino", a sweet distillation obtained by infusion of wild strawberries.
Alexandra
10 May 2014
Must visit such a beautiful shop in Nemi and try famous fragoline cocktail! Buonissimo!
Mahmut Yiğit
13 May 2017
Dünyanın en güzel köylerinden biri,mesşhur hormonsuz çilekleri ve dünyanın en iyi turtası burda,göl manazaralı cafeleri muhteşem,italya'nın en güzel yerlerinden biri burası.
romaepiu
3 October 2012
Il nome del Lago di Nemi deriva da Nemus Dianae (“bosco sacro a Diana”) sulle sue rive sorgeva un tempio dedicato a Diana, l’antica dea della caccia e personificazione della vita vegetale e animale.
Sıla Can
1 September 2014
Çilek köyü. Bayıldım. Turtaları bi harika, çilekler haliyle taptaze. Bi takım mantar ezmeleri domates sosları vsleri var muhteşem. Evler, manzaralar harika. Taşınıp yaşanılası köy.
Elif
18 July 2015
Muthis manzara... Kalenin sonundaki yoldan asagi gole dogru cafe belvedere'ye kadar inin ve ani yasayin...
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