Albanian

A native of Albania. -a. Belonging or relating to Albania. Alba'no, a town of Italy, in the Campagna di Roma, 14 m. S.S.E. of Rome. Pop. 6,000. It was built on the site of the villa of Pompey. It stands at a short distance from the lake. Lake of Albano , situated to the N.E. of the above town; it has the form of an irregular ellipse, and ocсиpies probably the crater of an extinct volcano. Eels of immense size, and highly esteemed, are found in it. On the banks of the lake is Castel Gandolfo, the country residence of the Popes. The A. Lake is 7 m. in circumference; its surface is 918 feet above the level of the sea, and its depth about 1,000 feet. An emi ary, designed to prevent the sudden overflowings of the lake which threatened the plain below, was constructed by the Romans B. c. 397; and it remains unimpaired to this day, a striking monument of the genius and perseverance of that extraordinary people. They bored the mountain for the space of more than a mile, mostly through the solid rock; the tunnel is six feet high and about four feet in breadth. It was completed in le than one year. The water of this emi ary flows into the Tiber below Rome. Albano Mountain , or Alban Mount , to the E. of the above lake. It is about 3,176 feet in height. The view from its summit, extending over Latium, is one of the most magnificent that can be imagined. It is the Mons Albanus, now Monte Cavo . It was crowned by a temple in honor of Jupiter Latialis, where sacrifices annually were offered up by deputies from the various Latin States, to their common father and protector.