Alban Hills
The Alban Hills are the caldera remains of a quiescent volcanic complex in Italy, located 20 km southeast of Rome and about 24 km north of Anzio. The 950 m high Monte Cavo forms a highly visible peak in the centre of the caldera, but the highest point is Maschio delle Faete approximately 2 km to the east of Cavo and 6 m taller.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hill with an elevation of 784 metres
- Description: mountain range
- Also known as: “Colli Albani” and “Colli Laziali”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Maschio delle Faete and Monte Cavo.
Monte Cavo
Peak
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Monte Cavo, or less often, "Monte Albano," is the second highest mountain of the complex of the Alban Hills, near Rome, Italy. An old volcano extinguished around 10,000 years ago, it lies about 20 km from the sea, in the territory of the comune of Rocca di Papa. Monte Cavo is situated 3½ km west of Alban Hills.
Geophysical Museum, Rocca di Papa
Museum
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Geophysical Museum, Rocca di Papa is situated 3½ km west of Alban Hills.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rocca di Papa and Nemi.
Rocca di Papa
Town
Rocca di Papa is a small town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, Lazio, Italy. It is one of the Castelli Romani about 25 kilometres southeast of Rome on the Alban Hills. Rocca di Papa is situated 3½ km west of Alban Hills.
Nemi
Village
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Nemi is a town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, in the Alban Hills overlooking Lake Nemi, a volcanic crater lake. It is 6 kilometres northwest of Velletri and about 30 kilometres southeast of Rome. Nemi is situated 4½ km southwest of Alban Hills.
Rocca Priora
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Rocca Priora is one of the towns in Castelli Romani. It is southeast of Rome in the Lazio region, and rather than having a number of special sights, is simply a nice small town to stroll around in.
Alban Hills
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Lazio, Central Italy, Italy, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Vlaams—“Alban Hills” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Monti Albani”
- Arabic: “تلال ألبان”
- Breton: “Menezioù Alban”
- Bulgarian: “Албан”
- Bulgarian: “Албани”
- Catalan: “Albanus mons”
- Catalan: “Albanus”
- Catalan: “Massís Albà”
- Catalan: “Mont Albà”
- Cebuano: “Colli Albani”
- Chinese: “阿尔巴诺山”
- Chinese: “阿尔班山”
- Chinese: “阿爾巴諾山”
- Chinese: “阿爾班丘陵”
- Czech: “Albanské hory”
- Czech: “Albanské vrchy”
- Danish: “Albanerbjergene”
- Dutch: “Albaanse Bergen”
- Dutch: “Albaanse Heuvels”
- Dutch: “Colli Alba”
- Dutch: “Colli Albani”
- Dutch: “Monti albani”
- Egyptian Arabic: “البان هيلز”
- Esperanto: “Monto Albano”
- Finnish: “Albanovuoret”
- French: “Mont Albain”
- French: “Monts Albains”
- German: “Albaner Berge”
- German: “Albaner Gebirge”
- German: “Albaner Hügel”
- German: “Albaner-Berge”
- German: “Albaner-Gebirge”
- German: “Albanerberge”
- German: “Albanergebirge”
- German: “Colli Albani”
- Greek: “Αλβανοί Λόφοι”
- Hebrew: “גבעות אלבאן”
- Indonesian: “Colli Albani”
- Indonesian: “Perbukitan Alban”
- Italian: “Colli Albani”
- Italian: “Monti albani”
- Japanese: “アルバーニの丘”
- Japanese: “アルバーノ山地”
- Japanese: “コッリ・アルバーニ”
- Japanese: “コッリ・アルバーニ火山”
- Korean: “알반 언덕”
- Ladin: “Alban Hills”
- Macedonian: “Албански Ридови”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Albanerfjellene”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Colli Albani”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Albanarfjella”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Albanerfjella”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Albanifjella”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Albanofjella”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Albanus Mons”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Colli Albani”
- Norwegian: “Albanerfjellene”
- Persian: “آلبان هیلز”
- Polish: “Góry Albańskie”
- Portuguese: “Colinas Albanas”
- Russian: “Альбанские горы”
- Serbian: “Monti Albani”
- Serbian: “Монти Албани”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Colli Albani”
- Slovak: “Albanské vrchy”
- Slovak: “Albánske vrchy”
- Slovak: “Monti Albani”
- Spanish: “Colinas Albanas”
- Spanish: “Colli Albani”
- Spanish: “Montes Albanos”
- Swedish: “Albanerbergen”
- Swedish: “Albano-bergen”
- Swedish: “Albanobergen”
- Swedish: “Albanska berget”
- Tagalog: “Kaburulang Albano”
- Turkish: “Alban Tepeleri”
- Ukrainian: “Альбанські гори”
- Venetian: “Colli Albani”
- Vlaams: “Alboanse Euvels”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Monte Faete and Colle Iano.
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