Five delicious Mt Etna foods you should taste
Mount Etna is not only a large active volcano but also an immense territory that “feeds” on lava and climate. Thanks to the mix of these elements (the lava soil, the sun, the underground…
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Famous people on Etna: Plato
Today Mount Etna is a highly touristic place. A volcano that, despite being continuously active, allows humans to exploit and enjoy it at their leisure. The establishment of the Regional Park, in the 1980s,…
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Etna Eruption 2025: a brand new lava flow
No, it wasn't over yet. It never is until Etna decides so. In the last hours of February 23, the eruptive activity triggered by the fracture at the base of Bocca Nuova Crater -…
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Etna: the eruption is going to end, but …
Twelve days after the start of the effusive eruption on Mount Etna, it seems that everything is about to end. The phenomenon started from a fracture at the base of the Bocca Nuova crater…
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An ancient city called “Etna”
We know that the name “Etna” comes from an ancient Greek word “aithne” which means “heat, burn”. Today we know that an entire territory, almost as large as a province, takes its name from…
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Etna: eruption update and some advice
Seven days have passed since the start of the new eruption of Mount Etna, triggered by a fracture at the base of the Bocca Nuova crater (although fed by the South East conduit), which…
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Eruption from Bocca Nuova: updating
The bad weather that has been persisting for three days in Eastern Sicily is blocking the view of this new eruption, which began on February 8th on the western side of Mt Etna. Therefore,…
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Etna, new eruption between craters South East and Bocca Nuova
Mount Etna back to activity on the night between February 8th and 9th. Not really a surprise, this time, given that in recent days the volcano had made itself felt with several seismic shocks…
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Valle del Bove, from oxen to goats
Valle del Bove (the Ox Valley) is a landscape that everyone knows and everyone loves. It is that large depression that opens on the eastern flank of Mount Etna, the result of an ancient…
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Respect the rules: on the mountains and on volcanoes
Here we are again. Talking again about mountain accidents, counting the victims again (two deaths) on a normal Sunday like many others. Sometimes we get discouraged, because it seems like we are repeating things…
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