Nemi, LAKE OF, an extinct crater, 20 miles S. of Rome, accounted for its beauty the gem of the Alban Mountains. There was here a famous temple of Diana, portions of which have been recently excavated. Renan's Prêtre de Nemi (1885) gives the place additional interest.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 435
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