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Exploring the Museum of Lava in Viagrande

Posted on 28/08/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Today it is called the Museum of Etna and is naturally dedicated to the volcano that dominates the territory to which it belongs. But also to other volcanoes. For many people, though, the museum of Viagrande in the district of Catania is still the “Museum of Lava” because this name has much more charm. And […]

A recipe of dessert with Mt Etna’s berries

Posted on 15/08/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

An experience to do, when you come to visit Mount Etna, is that of collecting berries. You can do it anywhere, at any time during the late summer period (August-September). Even while you are on an excursion with your guides. What matters, however, is that you are on foot and that you want to take […]

Celebrating August 15th on Mt Etna

Posted on 08/08/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

On August 15th in Italy it’s Ferragosto Day. Ferragosto is a holiday invented by Cesar August, who granted rest and entertainment to his fellow citizens during the period in which he moved to his summer villas. Thus, the “Ferie Augustee“, since Roman times, are an unmissable event in Italy. The feast was later “adopted” by […]

Mt Etna’s summer festivals

Posted on 17/07/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

If you find yourself in these summer days at the foot of the great volcano Mount Etna, surely you have already booked your place at the beach or your excursion at high altitude. The charm of this restless mountain is the main attraction of the territory of Eastern Sicily. Surely, going to explore its woods, […]

Mystery … or just a tale … of the “volcano of Riposto”

Posted on 04/07/2022 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

It was 2009 when a study conducted by the School of Geology of the University of Catania observed something strange off the port of Riposto. A very deep coast suddenly “returned to the surface” with a compact shape, typical of a hill or a mountain, and then collapsed again. A cone, in short, a real […]