Photo gallery

Photo gallery

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

An ever-evolving volcano

Etna, a natural laboratory where experiments can be carried out

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

The “notches” of snow

Why did Etna form in that specific geographical position?

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The 1669 eruption in Catania

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The different names of the “Muntagna”

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

Etna: a marvellous group of different types of flora

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The Grand Tour in Sicily

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The senses tell Acireale

Volcanic monitoring and eruption forecasting

Acireale and its “timpe”

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The senses tell The Red Mountains

An ever-evolving volcano

The Jaci river

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

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

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

Etna: a marvellous group of microclimates and vegetation

The senses tell The Red Mountains

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

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

The Etna viewpoint

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

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

The first Etnean volcanic events between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

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

Etna, the living mountain

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

A fauna context yet to be discovered

Criteria for including Mount Etna in the WHL

The senses tell Val Calanna

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

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

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The “notches” of snow

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

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

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The living mountain

Etna, wine terroir of excellence

The senses tell The Etna Viewpoint

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

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

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

The Grand Tour in Sicily

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The senses tell Val Calanna

The Etna viewpoint

A fauna yet to be discovered

Acireale and its “timpe”

Malavoglia

The Jaci river

Etna, an ever-changing natural laboratory

The senses tell The Summit craters

The senses tell The Etna viewpoint

Malavoglia

The 1669 eruption in Catania

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The senses tell The summit craters

The senses tell Acireale