Eruption Archives

Milo, the small Fornazzo chapel in the hug of the lava

Posted on 03/08/2020 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Going on with our itinerary of the Etnean churches buried or touched by the lava, we will visit the Sacro Cuore. After the surprising churches of Nunziata, Mompileri and Campanarazzu there we go along the road leading from the eastern flank to Etna North. You take it in the village of Fornazzo, a part of […]

Etna and Stromboli, which connection?

Posted on 20/07/2020 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Tourists ask it all the time. Local people are almost sure of that. Etna and Stromboli must be connected. Maybe by a thin, underground and lava-red thread! It must be so, because their explosions and eruptions are often concurrently. One calls, the other answers back. Like an echo. This fact is quite funny, but the […]

Church of Campanarazzu, Misterbianco

Posted on 13/07/2020 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Campanarazzu is the third step of our itinerary. This is another church buried by the lava of Mt Etna. It is in Misterbianco, south-west of Catania. Seen from here, Etna seems far away, but it has left traces on this land as well. It happened in 1669, during the side eruption of Montirossi Craters, a […]

When the Great Volcano collapsed

Posted on 28/06/2020 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Mount Etna is a young volcano, we could say “teenager”. Its life has been still short, according to the canons of volcanology. Yet despite its recent history it already has lived important events. Perhaps the most important of all was the collapsing of the Great Volcano which partially generated the current shape of Etna. That […]

Mompileri, the shrine under the lava

Posted on 15/06/2020 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

When you come to visit Mt Etna, do follow the itinerary of the churches buried by the lava. They are fascinating, mysterious places, a little disturbing sometimes but and rich in history. Such as the Sanctuary of Mompileri. It is on the southern flank of Etna, in the territory of the town of Mascalucia. It […]