Photo gallery

Photo gallery

A fauna context yet to be discovered

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The “notches” of snow

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

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

Volcanic monitoring and eruption forecasting

Etna, the living mountain

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

The senses tell Acireale

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The Jaci river

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

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

An ever-evolving volcano

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The Etna viewpoint

Etna: a marvellous group of different types of flora

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

Acireale and its “timpe”

Acireale and its “timpe”

Etna, wine terroir of excellence

The senses tell The summit craters

The senses tell Val Calanna

The 1669 eruption in Catania

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

Why did Etna form in that specific geographical position?

An ever-evolving volcano

Criteria for including Mount Etna in the WHL

Etna, a natural laboratory where experiments can be carried out

The senses tell The Summit craters

Etna, an ever-changing natural laboratory

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

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

The Jaci river

The “notches” of snow

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The senses tell Val Calanna

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

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

The Grand Tour in Sicily

Malavoglia

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

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

A fauna yet to be discovered

The senses tell Valle del Leone

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The 1669 eruption in Catania

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

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The living mountain

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

Malavoglia

The senses tell The Etna Viewpoint

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

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

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The Etna viewpoint

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The senses tell The Etna viewpoint

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The Grand Tour in Sicily

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

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The first Etnean volcanic events between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

Etna: a marvellous group of microclimates and vegetation

The senses tell Acireale

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo