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LANUVIUM (Lanuvio) Latium, Italy. A city on a S extremity of the Alban Hills ca. 30 km SE of Rome. It was an independent member of the Latin League and a participant in the foedus Cassium, 493 B.C. Loyal to Rome until the Latin war of 340 B.C., it then received Roman citizenship and Rome received a share in the city's cult of Juno Sospita ...
Surrounded by thriving vineyards, the inheritor of ancient Lanuvium rises up on the southern slopes of the Alban Hills and still conserves a rich archaeological heritage. The interesting local archaeological heritage includes not only the remains of the Temple but also findings kept at the Civic Museum of Lanuvio today.
Lanuvio is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region of Latium, located about 30 kilometres (19 mi) southeast of Rome, on the Alban Hills. Lanuvio borders the following municipalities: Aprilia, Ariccia, Genzano di Roma, Velletri.
On the last foothills of the Alban Hills, near Rome and in a dominant position on a plateau sloping down to the Latium coast, lies Lanuvio, a small medieval village enclosed by a beautiful city wall that dates back in places to the 5th century BC.
Lanuvium (lənōō´vēəm), ancient city of Latium, Italy, c.20 mi (32 km) S of Rome, in the Alban Hills near the Appian Way. It was celebrated for its temple of Juno. The modern village is Lanuvio; there are ruins of a temple and Roman walls on the site.
The picturesque town of Civita Lavinia aka Lanuvio and its historical monuments east of Rome on the Alban Hills.
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Temple of Iuno Sospita (Lanuvium) is an archaeological site in Lanuvio, Metropolitan Rome, Lazio. Temple of Iuno Sospita (Lanuvium) is situated nearby to the library Biblioteca Francesco Dionisi and the park Parco della Rimembranza .
