Etna, ten years as UNESCO World Heritage
Our volcano, Mount Etna, is part of the UNESCO world heritage list, that is, it is one of the natural treasures to be protected forever. It has been delivered to humanity as an absolute…
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In the Etna villages of Vena and Presa
The Etna villages of Vena and Presa have also become a "internet joke" some time ago. This is thanks to the bizarre idea of the municipality of Piedimonte Etneo to arrange the signs of…
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Little big trip, from Mount Etna to Marzamemi
Going from Mount Etna to Marzamemi – a delightful seaside village that has become a tourist resort – doesn't even take that long. Just over an hour on the highway is enough to find…
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Mount Etna’s 1865 eruption from Sartorius Craters
Today the Sartorius Hills, or Sartorius Craters, are one of the many tourist destinations on the northern side of Mount Etna. Harmless black hills, surrounded by a wood of cheery birch, chestnut and oak…
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Etna, new eruptive show but … behind “closed doors”!
The people of Etna do not consider the volcano as an inanimate thing, but as a living being. They call it a “she”, a “mum”, and not surprisingly. In fact, this mountain seems to…
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Mount Etna and “top alert level”: what happened?
Between Thursday 18 and Friday 19 May 2023, the district of Catania experienced a few hours of intense turmoil. A red top alert level appeared in many media and on various sites and social…
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Celebrating Mother (Etna)’s Day
On the second Sunday of May, almost everywhere in the world, Mother's Day is celebrated. And usually a mother is seen as a loving, sweet, kind, pretty figure. How could all of these tender…
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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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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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