“Between 6 and 7 November 1928, the town of Mascali, located on the lower eastern slope of Etna, was erased from topographic maps after it was submerged by a lava flow. In 1928, the town of Mascali stood on a hill at 120 metres above sea level, and had around 3,000 inhabitants dedicated to the cu...

Etna’s activity during the last 500 years has been very varied in terms of type of eruption, frequency and volume. The period of greatest activity in terms of volume and frequency of eruptions was the 17th century, when in less than one hundred years around 3 km3 of lava was emitted (in comparison...

Without a doubt, this is the most beautiful and fascinating part of the “Muntagna”, where eruptions occur most often, especially since 2001. This area also has particular charm because it is the only active volcano summit area in the world to have [approfondimenti id="32262" testo_link="4-5 summ...