Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The living mountain

Malavoglia

The senses tell The Etna Viewpoint

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

The “notches” of snow

Why did Etna form in that specific geographical position?

Etna: a marvellous group of microclimates and vegetation

Etna, wine terroir of excellence

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The senses tell The Summit craters

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

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

An ever-evolving volcano

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The senses tell The summit craters

The senses tell Val Calanna

The senses tell Valle del Leone

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

Criteria for including Mount Etna in the WHL

Etna: a marvellous group of different types of flora

The 1669 eruption in Catania

A fauna yet to be discovered

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The senses tell Acireale

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

Acireale and its “timpe”

A fauna context yet to be discovered

Etna, the living mountain

The senses tell Val Calanna

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The Grand Tour in Sicily

The 1669 eruption in Catania

The Etna viewpoint

The Jaci river

The Jaci river

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The Grand Tour in Sicily

The senses tell Acireale

The senses tell The Etna viewpoint

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

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

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

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

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

Acireale and its “timpe”

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

An ever-evolving volcano

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

Volcanic monitoring and eruption forecasting

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

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

Malavoglia

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The first Etnean volcanic events between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

The Etna viewpoint

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

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

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

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

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

Etna, a natural laboratory where experiments can be carried out

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The “notches” of snow

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

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

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

Etna, an ever-changing natural laboratory