Photo gallery

Photo gallery

Etna, the living mountain

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

A fauna yet to be discovered

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

Etna: a marvellous group of microclimates and vegetation

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

Etna: a marvellous group of different types of flora

The living mountain

The senses tell Valle del Leone

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

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The Etna viewpoint

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The Grand Tour in Sicily

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

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

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

Malavoglia

The senses tell Acireale

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The “notches” of snow

Malavoglia

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

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The 1669 eruption in Catania

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

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The Grand Tour in Sicily

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

An ever-evolving volcano

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

Acireale and its “timpe”

The different names of the “Muntagna”

Etna, an ever-changing natural laboratory

A fauna context yet to be discovered

Etna, wine terroir of excellence

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

The senses tell The summit craters

The Jaci river

Criteria for including Mount Etna in the WHL

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

The senses tell Acireale

The senses tell Val Calanna

Etna, a natural laboratory where experiments can be carried out

The senses tell The Etna Viewpoint

The senses tell The Etna viewpoint

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

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

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The Jaci river

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

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The different names of the “Muntagna”

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

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The senses tell Val Calanna

Volcanic monitoring and eruption forecasting

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

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

Why did Etna form in that specific geographical position?

The senses tell The Red Mountains

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

Acireale and its “timpe”

An ever-evolving volcano

The senses tell The Summit craters

The “notches” of snow

The Etna viewpoint

The first Etnean volcanic events between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

The 1669 eruption in Catania