Nemi
Nemi | |
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| Comune di Nemi | |
View of Nemi | |
Location of Nemi | |
| Coordinates: 41°43′N 12°43′E / 41.717°N 12.717°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Metropolitan city | Rome (RM) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Alberto Bertucci |
| Area | |
• Total | 7 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 521 m (1,709 ft) |
| Population (31 May 2015) | |
• Total | 1,918 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (710/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Nemorensi |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 00040 |
| Dialing code | 06 |
| Patron saint | Sts. Philip and James |
| Saint day | May 3 |
| Website | comunedinemi |
Nemi is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome (central Italy), in the Alban Hills overlooking Lake Nemi, a volcanic crater lake. It is 6 kilometres (4 mi) northwest of Velletri and about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Rome.
The town's name derives from the Latin nemus, or "holy wood". In antiquity the area had no town, but the grove was the site of one of the most famous of Roman cults and temples: the Temple of Diana Nemorensis.
In 1514 Marcantonio I Colonna gave to Nemi the "Statuti e Capituli del Castello di Nemi". It is one of the I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy").