UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Founded on 4 November 1945 in Paris, it aims to support peace, the relationship between different cultures and the environment in which we find ourselves. One of its most important initiatives is the World Heritage List...

The term “Strombolian” eruption means an activity formed by explosions of low and medium energy, with the launch of bombs and incandescent lapilli around the crater area. Periodically, this activity is also interspersed with the emission of lava flows along the slopes of the volcano. This is the...

In the autumn of 2002, after an intense earthquake off the coast of Filicudi and shortly before the beginning of a new effusive activity in Stromboli, a large system of fumaroles activated between the isles of Bottaro and Lisca Bianca, at a depth of around 7-10 metres. This system of fumarole...

Though Panarea is the smallest island of the archipelago, in reality, if the entire volcanic structure were considered, its size would be quite respectable, and comparable with the larger Lipari. The underwater part of Panarea has a maximum depth of 100 metres, and corresponds to the levelling by...

Heather is a plant known above all for its flower, which, though small, has an indescribable effect and charm. In Italy it is found in gardens as an ornamental plant, or in the undergrowth or near wetlands. This perennial plant belongs to the Ericaceae family, of which there are around 700 diff...

Amphorae were containers used to transport and trade liquid (wine, oil) and solid food (wheat, capers, olives, meat, salted fish and fish sauce or garum, etc.). They were placed in the hold of the ship according to a precise order that, during the excavation of a wreck, can be recognised by the arr...

Opus reticulatum (reticulated work) is a Roman building technique used to create the face of a concrete wall. Initially, the stones that formed the wall cladding were prepared before installation in an irregular pyramid shape with a square base, then arranged with the base visible while the tip was ...

“Il Postino” (The Postman) (1994) is the final masterpiece by Massimo Troisi, who died in his sleep only a few hours after shooting ended. The film is set in 1952, when the poet Pablo Neruda took refuge in exile in Italy to escape the dictatorship in his country, Chile. Though the plot is s...

Salina is an island worthy of a boat tour, where 70% of the coast that is otherwise not visible can be admired this way. Starting counter-clockwise from the bay of Pollara, towards the village of Rinella, you immediately come across a cliff around 300 metres high, completely overlooking the sea: thi...

The Perciato rock arch is a product of marine erosion over time. In fact, the arch was part of a lava flow over 25 metres high, emitted shortly before the birth of the Pollara eruptive centre. The lava flow is perpendicular to the direction of the dominant winds and seas in this part of the Tyrrhen...