Mount Etna’s history and evolution
“Smoking Etna, column in the sky, eternally fed by sparkling snow, whose fabric roars among the purest source of terrifying fire”. Dating from the V century, this verse by Pindaro express admiration and deep respect for the unfathomable natural phenomenon that is Mount Etna...
Mount Etna’s 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 extreme habitats that characterise upper Etna...