Photo gallery

Photo gallery

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

Etna, wine terroir of excellence

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

Volcanic monitoring and eruption forecasting

Acireale and its “timpe”

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The “notches” of snow

Acireale and its “timpe”

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

Malavoglia

The senses tell Acireale

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

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The Jaci river

The Etna viewpoint

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The senses tell Val Calanna

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The different names of the “Muntagna”

Etna: a marvellous group of different types of flora

The senses tell The Summit craters

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

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

Etna, a natural laboratory where experiments can be carried out

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

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

An ever-evolving volcano

A fauna yet to be discovered

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The senses tell The Etna Viewpoint

An ever-evolving volcano

The senses tell Acireale

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

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

Etna: a marvellous group of microclimates and vegetation

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

Why did Etna form in that specific geographical position?

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

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

Etna, the living mountain

A fauna context yet to be discovered

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The Jaci river

The senses tell Val Calanna

The senses tell The Etna viewpoint

The “notches” of snow

Etna, an ever-changing natural laboratory

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

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

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

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

Malavoglia

The 1669 eruption in Catania

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

The first Etnean volcanic events between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

The living mountain

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The Etna viewpoint

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

The 1669 eruption in Catania

The senses tell Valle del Leone

Criteria for including Mount Etna in the WHL

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

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

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

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

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The Grand Tour in Sicily

The senses tell The summit craters

The Grand Tour in Sicily