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Etna, Carnival masks and masks of lava

Posted on 16/02/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

In February, the Etnean territory shines with lights and colours thanks to the Mardi Gras Carnivals. There are two important ones, here: Acireale and Misterbianco. They are different for the story and characteristics, but both celebrate the costumes and masks in a very artistic way. If you are in Catania’s area during the Carnival week, […]

Mount Etna Eruption 2020: Etna, a weird eruption inside the Voragine

Posted on 12/02/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

It has been going on for 5 months but only today it is really showing itself. The eruption taking place inside the Central crater of Etna has something fascinating and anomalous. In fact, this eruption started inside the hole called Voragine, by a small pit crater that – from September – has been emitting lava […]

Discovering the western side of Mt Etna

Posted on 10/02/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Ask anyone who has already been on Mt Etna what was his/her favourite place. The answer will probably be: the Silvestri craters, the views from the Citelli Shelter, Piano Provenzana’s ski tracks. Very few will say they loved the western side of the volcano. The side of Bronte, Adrano, Maletto. No ski tracks, on this […]

The most beautiful lava shores in Sicily

Posted on 20/01/2020 (09/09/2024) 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 […]

Timpa di Acireale, a walk on a fault

Posted on 13/01/2020 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

How many times have you heard of the famous “faults”, that is the portions of land – parts of our planet – that sliding on each other cause more or less powerful earthquakes? Sicily is a complicated and vast system of faults. They multiply around and above the volcano, Mt Etna, on the Ionian coast. […]