Geography

It was already appreciated by the Romans, who, in addition to its health properties, recognized its ...

Fira is a picturesque town on the bay, located on the caldera banks. It looks like it was carved out of a rock. It became the capital of the island in the 19th century.

Almost 70 percent of the country's land area is covered by forests, most of which are managed and regulated by the state. Virgin forests occur only in the northernmost mountain regions.

It has been active for over four thousand years. The strongest eruption took place at the turn of 15 ...

It also destroyed the first generation of Etna's cable car and seriously threatened several small villages on its eastern slope.

VEI—Volcanic Explosivity Index—a 1–8 scale of the explosivity of volcanic eruptions describes the 18 ...

The region was the birthplace of many initiatives and thoughts. From here, new directions and achiev ...

The altar also survived because the flowing lava stopped right in front of it. This event was consid ...