Lake Nemi - The Lake in Art and Literature

The Lake in Art and Literature

  • Lake Nemi is also a painting by American artist George Inness.
  • Muriel Spark's 1976 novel The Takeover is set in three fictitious villas overlooking Lake Nemi.
  • Lake Nemi inspired the first name of Norwegian comic character Nemi Montoya.

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