Photo gallery

Photo gallery

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

Volcanic monitoring and eruption forecasting

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

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

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

An ever-evolving volcano

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

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

Etna, wine terroir of excellence

Etna: a marvellous group of different types of flora

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

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The Jaci river

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

The Jaci river

Etna, the living mountain

The Grand Tour in Sicily

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The first Etnean volcanic events between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

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

An ever-evolving volcano

The “notches” of snow

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

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

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

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

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

A fauna yet to be discovered

Etna, a natural laboratory where experiments can be carried out

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

Etna, an ever-changing natural laboratory

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The Etna viewpoint

The “notches” of snow

The senses tell The Etna Viewpoint

The 1669 eruption in Catania

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The Etna viewpoint

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

Etna: a marvellous group of microclimates and vegetation

The senses tell Acireale

Criteria for including Mount Etna in the WHL

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

The living mountain

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The senses tell The Etna viewpoint

The senses tell Val Calanna

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The senses tell The Red Mountains

Malavoglia

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The senses tell Acireale

Acireale and its “timpe”

The senses tell The summit craters

The different names of the “Muntagna”

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

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

Malavoglia

The Grand Tour in Sicily

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

The senses tell The Summit craters

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

Acireale and its “timpe”

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

Why did Etna form in that specific geographical position?

The 1669 eruption in Catania

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

A fauna context yet to be discovered

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

The senses tell Val Calanna