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Etna, the mysterious “pyramids”

Posted on 09/08/2020 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Are there pyramids on Mt. Etna? According to some historians, mostly foreigners, yes. Research published about five years ago by a French historian, Antoine Gigal, identified forty “mysterious” buildings in the countryside at the foot of the volcano. They are very similar of the sacred buildings of Central America. Just like the Mexican square pyramids, […]

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 Wineries, home to great wine

Posted on 27/07/2020 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

It is not a casuality if Mount Etna is the home to great Sicilian wines. It is a volcano, in fact, and this matters. Especially when you cultivate vines. The lavic soil is rich of nutrients and the grapes take them all. This is the element – together with the special local climate – that […]

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 […]

Donkey trip on Mt Etna

Posted on 06/07/2020 (23/02/2025) by Grazia Musumeci

Once upon a time, in Sicily, donkeys were the only means of transport and work. The most accessible to all, even to the poor people. The rich ones showed off horses and carriages, the peasants and merchants relied on these more resistant and stubborn animals. With the advent of progress, the donkey has been abandoned […]