The context

The Aeolian Islands, where volcanology was born

The Aeolian Islands are an archipelago of seven islands located in the South Tyrrhenian Sea, opposite the coasts of Sicily and Calabria.
Their volcanic origin and continuous activity make them a unique place where we can still admire new “Earth” that is created with different shapes and colours.
The Aeolian Islands were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Australia in 2000, for their volcanological and geological heritage. In fact, their presence has influenced all international volcanology of the last 200 years: the word “ volcano ” comes from the name of the island of Vulcano. In addition, two of the main existing volcanic eruption types are called “Strombolian” and “Vulcanian” after these two islands in the Aeolian archipelago.
esplosione crateri stromboliTheir geological history, variety of volcanic products emitted, geographical structure and resulting naturalistic context make the Aeolian Islands an open-air volcanological museum, where you can move with a glance from the pumice mountains of Lipari to the continuous lava explosions of Stromboli.

Myths and legends about volcanoes

Volcanoes as a natural art form

Stories of the sea and shipwrecks. The wrecks of the Aeolian Islands

Where do Vulcano’s gases come from?

How pumice is formed

Tsunamis: a not uncommon phenomenon in Stromboli

Between brush strokes of sulphur and clouds of steam: the fumaroles of the port of Vulcano

The stacks of Panarea

The 2002-03 eruption

Filicudi: small island, big history

Alicudi, where time has stood still

The underwater fumarolic activity of Lisca Bianca

“Vulcanian” eruptions

The prehistoric village of Cala Junco

The senses tell The Pumice Quarries of Lipari

The underwater morphological elements of the Aeolian Islands

Panarea, where sea and volcanoes become sculptors

The salt lake of Lingua

The senses tell The salt lake of Lingua

Panarea and its history

The Village of Capo Graziano

The polis of the living and the necropolis of the dead

“Strombolian” activity in the place where its definition was born

The senses tell The Stacks of Panarea

The Cathedral of Lipari and the Norman Cloister of the Benedictine Monastery

The ancient production of salt

Salina, the green island with twin mountains

At the heart of trade in history

The senses tell The Sciara del Fuoco

The senses tell The summit craters

Malvasia delle Lipari DOC

Pollara, between poetry and beauty

Lipari, where history intertwines with volcanoes to create archaeology

The hidden part of the Aeolian Islands

The Sciara del Fuoco

Stromboli, the volcano that breathes

The Aeolian Islands, where volcanology was born

The Thermal Baths of Saint Calogerus

Lipari Castle, “fused” with the lava

Lipari at the centre of Mediterranean history

Seven islands, dozens of volcanoes

Filicudi, a submerged paradise

The malleability of Vulcano’s mud

The senses tell The Village of Capo Graziano

The pure white of the pumice quarries

Vulcano, the youngest of the Aeolian works of art

The summit craters

The Gran Cratere of the Fossa: when the volcano becomes a sculptor