Photo gallery

Photo gallery

Etna: a marvellous group of microclimates and vegetation

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

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

Malavoglia

The 1669 eruption in Catania

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

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

The senses tell Acireale

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The Jaci river

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

A fauna context yet to be discovered

The senses tell The Summit craters

Etna, wine terroir of excellence

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

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

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

The senses tell Val Calanna

The senses tell The summit craters

Acireale and its “timpe”

The senses tell The Etna Viewpoint

The senses tell Val Calanna

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

The Etna viewpoint

Volcanic monitoring and eruption forecasting

The Grand Tour in Sicily

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The “notches” of snow

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The senses tell Acireale

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

Criteria for including Mount Etna in the WHL

The first Etnean volcanic events between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

The 1669 eruption in Catania

An ever-evolving volcano

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

Acireale and its “timpe”

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

Etna, the living mountain

Etna, a natural laboratory where experiments can be carried out

The Grand Tour in Sicily

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

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

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

Malavoglia

The senses tell Valle del Leone

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

Etna: a marvellous group of different types of flora

The different names of the “Muntagna”

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

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The living mountain

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The Etna viewpoint

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

The “notches” of snow

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

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

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

The senses tell The Etna viewpoint

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The senses tell The Red Mountains

The different names of the “Muntagna”

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The Jaci river

An ever-evolving volcano

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

Etna, an ever-changing natural laboratory

Why did Etna form in that specific geographical position?

A fauna yet to be discovered