Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The Jaci river

Etna: a marvellous group of microclimates and vegetation

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The Grand Tour in Sicily

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

The senses tell The summit craters

Etna, the living mountain

Etna, a natural laboratory where experiments can be carried out

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

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

Criteria for including Mount Etna in the WHL

Malavoglia

Etna, an ever-changing natural laboratory

Volcanic monitoring and eruption forecasting

The senses tell The Red Mountains

Malavoglia

The “notches” of snow

The 1669 eruption in Catania

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

The senses tell The Summit craters

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

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The senses tell The Etna Viewpoint

The “notches” of snow

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The senses tell Valle del Leone

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

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The senses tell Acireale

The living mountain

The senses tell Val Calanna

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

Acireale and its “timpe”

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

The Etna viewpoint

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

A fauna context yet to be discovered

The senses tell Val Calanna

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

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

An ever-evolving volcano

Etna: a marvellous group of different types of flora

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

A fauna yet to be discovered

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The Grand Tour in Sicily

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The 1669 eruption in Catania

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The senses tell Acireale

Acireale and its “timpe”

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

Etna, wine terroir of excellence

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

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

Why did Etna form in that specific geographical position?

The different names of the “Muntagna”

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

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

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

The first Etnean volcanic events between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

The senses tell The Etna viewpoint

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

An ever-evolving volcano

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The Etna viewpoint

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

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

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The Jaci river

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali