Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

An ever-evolving volcano

Etna: a marvellous group of different types of flora

Malavoglia

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

The Etna viewpoint

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

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

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The senses tell Acireale

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

Why did Etna form in that specific geographical position?

The Etna viewpoint

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

An ever-evolving volcano

Etna, the living mountain

The senses tell The Summit craters

The senses tell The summit craters

Volcanic monitoring and eruption forecasting

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

Etna: a marvellous group of microclimates and vegetation

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

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

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The living mountain

A fauna context yet to be discovered

The “notches” of snow

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The Grand Tour in Sicily

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

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

Etna, an ever-changing natural laboratory

The senses tell Val Calanna

The “notches” of snow

The Jaci river

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

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

Malavoglia

The senses tell The Etna viewpoint

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The Jaci river

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

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

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

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The senses tell The Etna Viewpoint

Etna, wine terroir of excellence

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The different names of the “Muntagna”

A fauna yet to be discovered

Acireale and its “timpe”

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

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

The Grand Tour in Sicily

Acireale and its “timpe”

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

Criteria for including Mount Etna in the WHL

The senses tell Val Calanna

The first Etnean volcanic events between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

The 1669 eruption in Catania

The senses tell Acireale

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

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

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

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

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The 1669 eruption in Catania

Etna, a natural laboratory where experiments can be carried out

The senses tell The Red Mountains