The articles
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Two Churches at Piano Vetore
If you want to take a few moments of spirituality on Mount Etna, choose Piano Vetore to do so. Here, on this grassy plain that opens to the south-west flank, overlooking the summit craters…
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The Sound of Aurora on Mount Etna
In the second week of May, a spectacular natural event involved practically the entire world, with greater interest in the northern hemisphere - Europe and North America. It was a series of magnetic storms…
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A Etna-Noto Itinerary
If your holiday destination is the great Sicilian volcano, Mount Etna, know that in addition to being able to enjoy the wonderful nature of this mountain, you can also make it the basis for…
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Theseus on Etna: the charm of a monument in nature
In March 2024 a giant statue "appeared" on Mount Etna. A sleeping human face split in half, rising on a cube-shaped pedestal, atop a sciara (old lavas). It seems to admire the entire coast…
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Mt Etna’s Animals: Eagles and Buzzards
Mount Etna is a planet apart, a unique small world inserted in another "small world", Sicily, in the center of the Mediterranean. This means that the fauna that populates our volcano is particular in…
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Mt Etna’s spring place 2: Pietra Cannone
The northern side of Mount Etna is the one that retains the coolness of winter for the longest, mixing it with the first warm spring temperatures. This creates a particular climate that allows beautiful…
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Patrick Brydone, the man who “discovered” Etna
Some piedmont towns (Zafferana Etnea) even dedicated a road to him, today's researchers are deeply grateful to him. Who is this man? Patrick Brydone, the man who "discovered" Mount Etna. Or rather one of…
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Mount Etna’s great show of “gas rings”
Mount Etna prepares a new eruption and does so in style, drawing the world's attention to itself. It does this by emitting a "feast" of gas rings that, depending on the daylight and evening…
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The mysterious paroxysm of 2021
Year 2021 was one of the "busiest years" on Mount Etna in terms of eruptions. A crisis that began in 2020 led Sicily's great volcano to erupt at an impressive rate for the next…
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Three ideas for your … Easter with Etna!
Easter is the “gate to spring”, it is the celebration that throughout the Western world introduces the most beautiful season of the year. Here in the Etna area, Easter is a celebration linked to…
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