Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

Volcanic monitoring and eruption forecasting

Etna, a natural laboratory where experiments can be carried out

The Etna viewpoint

The Grand Tour in Sicily

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The “notches” of snow

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

The senses tell Val Calanna

The Jaci river

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The “notches” of snow

The 1669 eruption in Catania

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

The senses tell Acireale

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

The senses tell The summit craters

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The living mountain

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

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

Etna, the living mountain

An ever-evolving volcano

The first Etnean volcanic events between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

The senses tell The Etna Viewpoint

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The senses tell The Red Mountains

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

Etna: a marvellous group of different types of flora

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

A fauna yet to be discovered

Etna, an ever-changing natural laboratory

Malavoglia

The senses tell The Summit craters

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

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

Criteria for including Mount Etna in the WHL

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

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

The Jaci river

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

A fauna context yet to be discovered

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The 1669 eruption in Catania

Acireale and its “timpe”

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

Etna: a marvellous group of microclimates and vegetation

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The Grand Tour in Sicily

The senses tell The Etna viewpoint

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The senses tell Acireale

Malavoglia

An ever-evolving volcano

The senses tell Val Calanna

Why did Etna form in that specific geographical position?

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

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

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

Acireale and its “timpe”

Etna, wine terroir of excellence

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

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

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

The Etna viewpoint