Eruption Archives

The most beautiful lava shores in Sicily

Posted on 20/01/2020 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Beaches are charming, all of them, all the time. Not just because they make us imagine summer, warm days, holidays, but also because they remind us of the hard work nature has been doing – during the centuries – to give us such a precious present. And if beaches mean all that, beaches made of […]

Mt Etna, the charming churches of Sant’Alfio

Posted on 30/12/2019 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

On the eastern side of Mt Etna, overlooking the wonderful view of the Ionian coast, the small town of Sant’Alfio stands all around the parish church of the same name. The church is dedicated to the saint martyr brothers Alfio, Cirino and Filadelfo, whose story dates back to year 253 AD. The three were christian […]

Mt Etna’s ash and lava: how can they be used?

Posted on 23/12/2019 (20/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

During this Holiday Season, you have most likely gone shopping to dozens of shops, in order to find the best Christmas present. And maybe you also took a look at the artisans’ windows, admiring those beautiful ashtrays, those souvenirs, those jewels made with lava stone. And then you turned your gaze to Mount Etna, magnificent […]

Etna and the eruption that touched Randazzo

Posted on 16/12/2019 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Randazzo is one of the most fascinating towns around Mt Etna. Even today it shows tourists its own precious historical and artistic heritage dating back to the year 1000, when it became a colony of fleeing populations who brought their culture here. Nowadays the town is divided into quarters – the Greek quarter, the Latin […]

The challenge of the Montagnola

Posted on 21/10/2019 (21/12/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

The name (Montagnola means “small mountain”) seems to indicate something small, and even looking at it from the base of the cableway it looks like just a small hill. But you must reach it and, above all, face it to understand that the Montagnola is not small nor simple at all. Instead, this gigantic hill […]