Even though it happened nearly two millennia ago, this Italian volcano near Naples remains most famous for encasing the ...

This 2022 satellite photo shows the summit of "one of the world's most dangerous volcanoes," Mount Vesuvius, peering up ...

Mount Vesuvius' most famous eruption took place in AD 79. But more than 2,000 years before this, the volcano suffered an even ...

In a mesmerizing image captured by NASA’s Landsat 8 satellite, the summit of Mount Vesuvius, one of the world’s most ...

Since the start of February 2025, the Greek tourist island of Santorini has been rocked by an unprecedented series of seismic ...

Archaeologists in Italy found footprints of Pompeii inhabitants, revealing a dramatic flight from a bronze age Mount Vesuvius ...

Vesuvius is part of the Campanian volcanic arc — a string of volcanoes in Italy, including the currently active Mount Etna, that sits on a boundary between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates.

That includes gorgeous islands, volcanoes, lakes, beaches and mountains. The landscapes in Italy are so varied, you might have trouble deciding where to go next! There are so many wonderful Italian ...

The 4,203-foot (1,281-metre) volcano, near Naples, Italy, appears like a watchful eye from space. Scientists are unsure what caused the unusual cloud gap. However, experts suggest a passing ...

a string of various volcanoes in Italy, including the active Mount Etna, that crosses African and Eurasian tectonic plates. Nature, the well-esteemed scientific research publication, produced a paper ...

The name volcano comes from Vulcan, the Roman iteration of Hephaestus—metal worker and god of the forge. But what about farther west? When it comes to active volcanoes, Italy dominates the continent.