The Alban Hills (Italian: Colli Albani, rarely Monti Albani; also Alban Hill or Alban Mountains) are the remains of a formerly volcanic ring mountain range, the complex of the Vulcano Laziale, with a circumference of approx. 60 km in Lazio, 20 km south-east of Rome and 24 km north of Anzio. The summit of Monte Cavo (950 m) dominates this massif, but the opposite Maschio delle Faete, a summit of the Monti delle Faete, is the highest elevation at 956 m.[1] The volcano was from 600,000 BC. Chr. to 20,000 BC Chr. active.[2] There is a break in the old ring in the southwest, formed by two crater lakes, Lake Albano, Lago Albano, and Lake Nemi, Lago di Nemi. The Alban Hills were the Albanus Mons for the ancient Romans. At the summit stood the temple of Jupiter Latiaris, the federal sanctuary of