Some More Nemi

Here is another view of Lago di Nemi.

It was on this lake that the Roman Emperor Caligula held his pleasure cruises in two ships that were discovered in the lake. Here is a little information on them:

The Nemi Ships were huge and incredibly luxurious ships built by the Roman emperor Caligula in the first century A.D. at Lake Nemi. One of the ships was designed as a temple that was dedicated to Diana (the Roman equivalent of Artemis), the larger ship however was essentially an elaborate floating palace, which counted marble floors and plumbing among its amenities, the sole role of which was to satisfy Caligula's increasingly self-indulgent behavior. It has been stated that the emperor was influenced by the lavish lifestyles of the Helenistic rulers of Syracuse and Ptolemaic Egypt.

The size of these ships was not rivaled until after the Renaissance, and their luxury arguably was not equaled until the Nineteenth century.

Unfortunately, the Nazis torched them in 1944. You can read a little bit more about them here.

And this is a picture of me, not looking quite as German as last time, on the trail that goes through the woods from behind the house where we were staying down to the town of Nemi.