Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The 2001 eruption of Etna, when the Mountain seemed to be alive

The living mountain

The “notches” of snow

The 1669 eruption in Catania

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

The senses tell The Etna Viewpoint

The “notches” of snow

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The Jaci river

The senses tell The Etna viewpoint

Criteria for including Mount Etna in the WHL

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

Torre del Filosofo: at the base of the summit craters (2950 metres)

Val Calanna, the first step towards a single large volcanic structure

Torre del Filosofo: at the base of the summit craters (2950 metres)

Volcanic monitoring and eruption forecasting

Malavoglia

The 1669 eruption in Catania

The Etna viewpoint

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The 2001 eruption of Mount Etna, where the approach to volcanoes changed

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The senses tell Acireale

Acireale and its “timpe”

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

Val Calanna, the first step towards a single large volcanic structure

Humankind and the volcano: how should we behave? Volcanic risk

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The different names of the “Muntagna”

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The senses tell Val Calanna

The Jaci river

Etna, a natural laboratory where experiments can be carried out

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

Humankind and the volcano: how should we behave? Volcanic risk

Acireale and its “timpe”

Etna, an ever-changing natural laboratory

The senses tell The summit craters

The first volcanic structures of Etna, between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The Grand Tour in Sicily

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

Etna, wine terroir of excellence

An ever-evolving volcano

Etna: a marvellous group of different types of flora

The senses tell Val Calanna

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

The Etna viewpoint

A fauna yet to be discovered

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

A fauna context yet to be discovered

The Grand Tour in Sicily

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

Etna, the living mountain

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The senses tell The Summit craters

The senses tell Acireale

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

Malavoglia

Etna: a marvellous group of microclimates and vegetation

The world’s first (almost successful) attempt to stop a lava flow: the eruption of 1991-93

The first Etnean volcanic events between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

Why did Etna form in that specific geographical position?

An ever-evolving volcano

Why is Etna one of the most studied volcanoes in the world?