For many it's just the country of pizza, pasta, mafia and O Sole Mio. Here you shall discover that Italy is actually the country with some of the most most famous, most dangerous, most active and most versatile volcanoes on Earth. After your visit you will understand why Italy fully merits being called

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Giada Giuntoli and Boris Behncke, on the summit of Stromboli, 20 April 1995

For the continuation of the Stromboli Seismic Monitoring Project of University of Udine

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