Photo gallery

Photo gallery

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

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Volcanic monitoring and eruption forecasting

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

The senses tell Torre del Filosofo

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The Etna viewpoint

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

Valle del Leone and the Elliptical

The senses tell Valle del Leone

Etna: a marvellous group of microclimates and vegetation

The “notches” of snow

The 1669 eruption in Catania

The senses tell Acireale

The Etna viewpoint

The Jaci river

The first Etnean volcanic events between Aci Castello and Aci Trezza

The Elliptical, the first great volcano of Etna

The senses tell The Summit craters

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

The senses tell The Red Mountains

Etna: a marvellous group of different types of flora

The senses tell The Red Mountains

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

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

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The senses tell Val Calanna

The Grand Tour in Sicily

An ever-evolving volcano

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

Etna, a natural laboratory where experiments can be carried out

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Acireale and its “timpe”

Etna, wine terroir of excellence

Acireale and its “timpe”

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

Why did Etna form in that specific geographical position?

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

The senses tell The Etna viewpoint

The fault system of the “Timpe” of Acireale

Criteria for including Mount Etna in the WHL

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

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

The senses tell The Etna Viewpoint

Summit crater activity between 2011 and 2019

The senses tell Valle del Leone

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The different names of the “Muntagna”

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The Red Mountains and the destructive eruption of 1669

The earthquake that changed the geography of eastern Sicily in 1693

A fauna yet to be discovered

The senses tell The summit craters

Etna, the living mountain

A fauna context yet to be discovered

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

The continuous evolution of the Etna summit craters

Empedocles and his passion for Etna

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

Lachea Island and the Aci Trezza Stacks

The living mountain

The senses tell Acireale

The Jaci river

The Grand Tour in Sicily

An ever-evolving volcano

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

Etna, an ever-changing natural laboratory

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

The different names of the “Muntagna”

The 1669 eruption in Catania

The senses tell Acicastello and Acitrezza

The senses tell Val Calanna

Acireale and reconstruction after the 1693 earthquake

The “notches” of snow

The eruption of 1928 that destroyed the town of Mascali

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