by admin | Mar 1, 2023 | Etna, History
“Smoky Etna, column of the sky, perennial nurse of shining snow, among whose secrets grow the purest sources of horrid fire” – With these verses Pindar, in the fifth century BC, expressed his admiration and his profound respect for that unfathomable... 
by admin | Mar 1, 2023 | Etna, History
Mount Etna is located in a geologically complex area. Its geo-dynamic outline is dominated by subduction of the African foreland and the Ionian oceanic crust under the Apennine chain. According to classic thought and the most accepted theory, Etna is located on the... 
by admin | Mar 1, 2023 | Etna, History
The geological evolution of Mount Etna is the result of millions of years of volcanic activity, during which several volcanic structures formed, grew and were later destroyed by erosion. The alkaline period represents one of the most important phases in the formation... 
by admin | Mar 1, 2023 | Etna, History
The products ejected after the formation of the caldera on the plain form the “modern Mongibello” and include all the historical flows around Etna and the current summit craters. The products from the recent Mongibello were subject to a general transition in the most... 
by admin | Mar 1, 2023 | Etna, History
Your first impression when you see Etna by plane or looking at a plastic scale model is that it is a perfect volcanic cone with a huge piece the size of an entire slope missing, as if a huge dessert knife took away the entire eastern side of this huge mountain. What... 
by admin | Mar 1, 2023 | Etna, Flora
Mount Etna presents rich, various flora which is distributed in relation to altitude and slope exposure. The area is a unique spectacle of nature where vegetation is characterised by rocky coastline with garigue and brushwood, by caducous evergreen forests and the...
