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Labour Day at Murazzo Rotto of Randazzo
Perhaps not everyone knows that Sicily, for a short period of its history, had independence aims that have recently returned to the fore. To calm those aims, the island obtained a special statute that…
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Pedara, a volcanic land of Gods
The legend – perhaps linked to a story so ancient as to have been lost – tells that the place where Pedara stands today was dedicated to Jupiter, the father of all the gods.…
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Etna Spring Tourist Trip 2: the Forty-Hour water stream
The beauty of a high and ancient volcano like Mount Etna is also manifested in its "mountain" characteristics. Indeed, unlike other more arid volcanoes, Etna reaches heights that allow it to have well-defined seasons…
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Mt. Etna’s eruption of 1843 and the Big Explosion
Can the world end in just 11 days? Maybe not, for many of us, but for those who experienced the November 1843 eruption of Mount Etna up close, that must have been the sensation.…
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Easter with a Mt Etna view, three ideas
Mount Etna is certainly the ideal place to spend a splendid Sicilian spring. Our great volcano, especially during Easter week, becomes a source of itineraries rich in colours and scents, as well as flavours.…
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In the belly of Mt.Etna, the caves of the Teri Brothers
The first time you read the news in the newspaper it may surprise you. The second time it fascinates you. Then it becomes a habit, but a pleasant habit, not a boring one. You…
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A Mt Etna spring tourist trip 1: Favare of Maletto
With this article we want to inaugurate some very specific tourist suggestions, suitable in our opinion for every month and season of the year around our volcano. And in the first month of spring,…
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Mt Etna’s 1792 eruption
There are paintings in memory of this event which, due to its violence and spectacularity, at the end of the 18th century, really made one think of the Apocalypse. While in France the new…
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Acireale and the Timpa lava plateau
The people of Acireale solemnly call it "the" Timpa. But to be exact this escarpment that flows into the sea is part of a system of different "timpas", that is "cliffs" – in Sicilian…
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The eruption of 252 AD
The eruption of 252 AD remained famous in the Sicilian history because it is linked to the very first miracle of St. Agatha. The young Catania martyr girl, in fact, had died only the…
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