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Mount Etna in Sicily began erupting, eventually producing the largest lava flow in the volcano's history, and damaging Catania and other towns.
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Mount Etna
Active volcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy
Mount Etna, or simply Etna, is an active stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy, in the Metropolitan City of Catania, between the cities of Messina and Catania. It is located above the convergent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It is one…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
1669 eruption of Mount Etna
Volcanic eruption in Sicily, Italy
The 1669 eruption of Mount Etna is the largest-recorded historical eruption of that volcano on the east coast of Sicily, Italy. After several weeks of increasing seismic activity that damaged the town of Nicolosi and other settlements, an eruption fissure opened on the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Catania
City in Sicily, Italy
Catania is the second-largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo, both by area and by population. Despite being the second city of the island, Catania is the center of the most densely populated Sicilian conurbation, which is among the largest in Italy. It has important road…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)