Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The Grand Tour in Sicily

The senses tell Valle del Leone

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

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

The Etna viewpoint

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

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

Acireale and its “timpe”

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The “notches” of snow

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

Why did Etna form in that specific geographical position?

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

Volcanic monitoring and eruption forecasting

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

The senses tell The Summit craters

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

The 1669 eruption in Catania

Etna: a marvellous group of different types of flora

The senses tell Acireale

The senses tell The Red Mountains

Etna, an ever-changing natural laboratory

An ever-evolving volcano

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

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

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

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

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The Jaci river

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

The “notches” of snow

The Jaci river

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

The senses tell The Etna Viewpoint

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

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

The Etna viewpoint

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

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

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

Etna, wine terroir of excellence

The senses tell Acireale

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The senses tell Val Calanna

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The senses tell The summit craters

Etna: a marvellous group of microclimates and vegetation

Etna, the living mountain

The 1669 eruption in Catania

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The different names of the “Muntagna”

Malavoglia

Criteria for including Mount Etna in the WHL

A fauna yet to be discovered

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The first Etnean volcanic events between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

An ever-evolving volcano

The senses tell The Etna viewpoint

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

The living mountain

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The senses tell The Red Mountains

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

Malavoglia

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

A fauna context yet to be discovered

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The Grand Tour in Sicily

Etna, a natural laboratory where experiments can be carried out

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

Acireale and its “timpe”

The senses tell Val Calanna