Photo gallery

Photo gallery

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

The senses tell The Red Mountains

A fauna context yet to be discovered

Acireale and its “timpe”

The senses tell The Etna Viewpoint

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

Etna: a marvellous group of different types of flora

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

The Etna viewpoint

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

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

Etna, the living mountain

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

The senses tell Acireale

Malavoglia

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

Why did Etna form in that specific geographical position?

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The “notches” of snow

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

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

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

The Grand Tour in Sicily

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

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

The senses tell Val Calanna

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The senses tell Valle del Leone

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The Grand Tour in Sicily

The 1669 eruption in Catania

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

Criteria for including Mount Etna in the WHL

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

Malavoglia

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The 1669 eruption in Catania

Etna: a marvellous group of microclimates and vegetation

An ever-evolving volcano

The first Etnean volcanic events between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The Jaci river

The Etna viewpoint

The Jaci river

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The senses tell Val Calanna

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

The living mountain

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

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

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

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

Etna, an ever-changing natural laboratory

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

Etna, a natural laboratory where experiments can be carried out

The senses tell The Etna viewpoint

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

Volcanic monitoring and eruption forecasting

Acireale and its “timpe”

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

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

An ever-evolving volcano

The senses tell The Summit craters

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The “notches” of snow

Etna, wine terroir of excellence

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

The senses tell The summit craters

A fauna yet to be discovered

The senses tell Acireale