CONTEMPORARY ART MAGAZINE SINCE 1980 More... narrated and interpreted by the multifaceted expressions of contemporary art and is an event that follows the Catania celebrations of the very popular Feast of Sant’Agata conceived by the Fondazione OELLE Mediterraneo Antico ETS in the spaces of the fON Art Gallery known for its mythological legends that link it to Polyphemus It is an experimental project with underground characteristics which intends to focus not only on the pagan and cultural dimension of the festivity but also to investigate the relationship between Agata and the streets courtesy of the artist and Fondazione OELLE – fON Art Gallery Although the idea was born during the Covid emergency with the intent of giving voice to the population forced by the pandemic to a silent devotion its mission has grown and diversified over the years in the constant search for languages within the many visual arts from our time created with the support of curators Gianluca Collica and Patrizia Monterosso is divided into four sections (State Changes The Archive and Unplugged) and develops across all five floors of the Fon Art Gallery courtesy the artist and Fondazione OELLE – fON Art Gallery The Contest section with the focus State Changes was conceived by curator Mario Bronzino who explained that he chose the sense of process to focus on the «instants of transformation those subtle but decisive moments that influence the course of things the twenty selected artists proposed heterogeneous works in which the cult of Saint Agatha is seen as a mutant body This is evidenced by the photographic work Carne by Erika Allia with the blood stains on the epidermis while with Marta Ciolkowska the metamorphosis is expressed in the seriality that becomes Clone an installation of profiles of anonymous devotees suspended and light the well-known Catanian cake – “minnuzza” di Sant’Agata – stands out for its sense of weight and materiality at the beginning of the route presented by Salvatore Pulvirenti with a powerful minimalism and hyper-realistic tones next to a pair of pliers as a reference to tradition and to the torturers who cut off the breast of the patron saint with pliers with Laura Dabbaddo there is a female figure a fleeting apparition between real and unreal in a dreamlike dimension In the section A year with Agata we find the works of the two Sicilian artists Gaetano Gambino and Luisa Gentile The latter stood out with the only stringart work exhibited: an unusual and three-dimensional version of the saint’s breast that becomes an enormous geometric motif with the tension of the strings Both are the winners of last year’s contest as evidence of a fruitful long-term research and production work that falls within the objectives of the Foundation The archive is made up of a collection of works from the Agata on the road Archive: a heritage built through acquisitions donations and loans during the previous editions of the project declared that «over the years the project has moved away from the documentary approach focused on the cult of the Saint to stimulate and push contemporary artistic research to the extreme» the absolute novelty of the 2025 edition is Unplugged: a small part of the exhibition that brings together drawings sound art with Sicilian artists such as Barbara Cammarata shifting the focus more on the dimension of contemporary art as a look at the present the foundation has wanted to propose itself as a new incubator of visions and projects that enhance the art history and cultures of the Mediterranean because part of the art from our time is also imbued with civilizations Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" ASSOCIAZIONE JULIET – via Battisti 19/a – 34015 Muggia (TS) Juliet art magazine è pubblicata a cura dell’Associazione Juliet - direttore responsabile Alessio Curto autorizzazione del Tribunale di Trieste registro informatico C.F./P.IVA 00699740320 | c/c postale 12103347 | SWIFT UNCRIT M10MC | IBAN IT75C0200802242000005111867 | UNICREDIT Banca Trieste The two teams meet again after the quarter-finals of the play-offs. On that occasion, Tiberti and his teammates prevailed, but coach Montagnani's team, which has not played official matches since April 13, had the opportunity to show off its unquestionable potential. A challenging challenge, therefore, but one from which Atlantide can draw energy and enthusiasm to embellish its end of season despite the failure to reach the Superleague. located on the island of Sicily in Italy and positioned south of the Alps releasing clouds of ash and streams of molten lava into the sky and down its slopes According to the Etna Observatory of the Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) began erupting ash and lava again on Monday night Lava flows were observed on the slopes of the volcano due to the lava emitted from the Voragine crater and the ash reached a height of approximately 6 kilometers (approximately 3.7 miles) Local news reports also mentioned that ash fell on nearby settlements like Viagrande and Aci Castello due to the volcanic activity at the Voragine crater tour activities to points at and above 2,500 meters (approximately 8,200 feet) on Mount Etna have been temporarily suspended the INGV reported that the height of the Voragine crater which has frequently erupted ash and lava in recent days making it the highest point of the volcano standing around 3,300 meters (10,800 ft) high has shown frequent volcanic activity since the beginning of July which had a strong eruption of ash and lava in December 2023 Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon We help you navigate a myriad of possibilities Sign up for our newsletter for the best of the city By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news Sign up for our email to enjoy your city without spending a thing (as well as some options when you’re feeling flush) Our newsletter hand-delivers the best bits to your inbox Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news By entering your email address you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy and consent to receive emails from Time Out about news, events, offers and partner promotions. Sicily There’s no place like Sicily but where you go there can make a massive difference to your trip Head to Palermo or Catania for a magnificent city break but when you’re just about ready for sun it’s time for one of Sicily’s beautiful beaches. And with a mainland coastline stretching almost 500 miles – not to mention the surrounding Aeolian Egadi and Pelagie archipelagos – Sicily certainly isn’t short of ‘em From a picturesque islet made famous by ‘White Lotus’ to the most scenic seaside town you’ve (probably) ever seen here are nine perfect beaches on the Med’s biggest island RECOMMENDED:🛏 The best hotels in Sicily🏖️ The best beaches in Italy☀️ The most beautiful towns in Italy🌍 The best beaches in the world Photograph: ShutterstockSituated in Sicily’s north-western corner San Vito is famed for its fine white sands and crystalline waters set against the striking scenery of Monte Monaco bars and restaurants line the almost 3km-long seafront the steep surrounding cliffs offer some spectacular rambling routes it can be hard to land a sunbathing spot – either get there early or flora-filled beaches at the nearby Zingaro Nature Reserve Photograph: ShutterstockJust over an hour by train from Palermo is the scenic seaside town of Cefalù A leisurely wander down the cobbled streets taking in the town’s medieval centre winds up at Cefalù beach Locals line the harbour laden with fishing rods whitewashed houses overlooking the sea shimmer in the sun The promenade above the beach has a row of restaurants and ice cream shops providing the perfect opportunity to grab a gelato or granita and enjoy a leisurely stroll Photograph: ShutterstockMeaning ‘beautiful island’, this shingle beach looks out onto a picturesque islet populated with tropical plants and citrus trees. (You might recognise it from season two of HBO’s White Lotus) Isola Bella was sold to British gardener and botanist Florence Trevelyan in 1890 and has since been declared a protected nature reserve the islet is accessible via a small tongue of land in the sea you can take a boat trip to Isola Bella marine park where you’ll find coral-clad caves saturated with vibrant sea life Photograph: ShutterstockMondello is tucked into the rugged hills of Capo Gallo and Monte Pellegrino only a few kilometres from Palermo’s city centre and vendors bellow about their wares – coconuts seafood restaurants and ice cream shops aplenty and even roadside vans selling the classic Palermitan snack you can surf or windsurf the waves or take a hike up to Capo Gallo Nature Reserve and lighthouse where Palermo’s hermit artist Isravele lives Photograph: ShutterstockApproximately half an hour by bus from Catania lies this charismatic fishing village duo The ‘aci’ beaches host a range of snorkel-worthy sea life in their clear turquoise waters Aci Castello beach is set against the imposing scenery of a Norman fortress nestled on a rocky cliff Aci Trezza is famous for the distinctive sea stacks jutting out of the sea; known as the ‘Islands of the Cyclops’ in Homer’s Odyssey these boulders were thrown at Odysseus’ fleeing ships Note that the beaches here are more gravelly than sandy Photograph: maudanros / Shutterstock.comAnyone who’s seen ‘Inspector Montalbano’ – the TV series inspired by Sicilian author Andrea Camilleri’s detective books – will recognise Punta Secca’s pristine turquoise waters Those looking for the full Montalbano experience can take a seat on the famous detective’s sun-kissed terrace as the villa used in the series is now a thriving guesthouse Punta Secca is one of Sicily’s prized locations – with its quaint village atmosphere and golden sands that go on for nearly four miles Photograph: Lucamato / Shutterstock.comThe port city of Milazzo in northeast Sicily is the gateway to the seven Aeolian islands – but before you hop onto the hydrofoil make a detour to the beguiling Pool of Venus you’ll follow a meandering rocky path lined with prickly pear plants and olive trees that leads to a pretty promontory you’ll find this charming natural pool formed by a circle of lava rocks in the sea Spend an afternoon plunging in the pristine waters of the pool and the Tyrrhenian sea Make sure to pack water and snacks as there are no facilities at this wild beach Photograph: ShutterstockThe second largest of the Aeolian islands Salina’s coast is famous for its appearance in Michael Radford’s hit film ‘Il Postino’ While most scenes in the film were shot at Pollara Beach, just along the coastline you’ll find a beautiful A craggy climb down from the village of Malfa brings you to a set of steep stairs and jaw-dropping views of the bay below There are minimal amenities at this secluded spot but there is a beach shack where you can get drinks and snacks you can take in views of smoking Stromboli and paradisiacal Panarea Photograph: MikeDotta / Shutterstock.comFacing out onto an island of the same name Rabbit Beach – also called Spiaggia dei Conigli – is on the Pelagie island of Lampedusa it’s actually a nesting place for loggerhead turtles If you want to take the remoteness levels up a notch you can swim to Rabbit Island and look out for sea turtles and herring gulls the island only allows 730 visitors per day Thanks for subscribing! 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About us Contact us What were the places narrated by Giovanni Verga the greatest interpreter of Italian realism the latest interpreter of the school of Sicilian cart decorators is not far from the milestone of one hundred and three years When we went to visit him at Aci Sant'Antonio with his beret on his head and his hand resting on the arm support I'm not saying he looked like Claude Monet in the Giverny garden After having spent his life decorating floats - the good Domenico whose works are exhibited at the Quirinale and the White House began when he was twelve years old - he didn't want to hang up his brushes “I start early in the morning and stop at noon,” he told us Two years have passed and he has given up on the oars But anyone who wants can come to his house to see his works in person: hundreds of paintings crowding every corner and a Sicilian cart with the stories of the paladins of France you immediately understand that this is a special place in the past important names of the twentieth century came to visit the master: Salvatore Quasimodo «Dear Domenico – Carlo Levi told him one day – I won't go to Catania if I don't first see your colours» Today the last Sicilian cart decorators remain Domenico and Nerina Chiarenza The carts are no longer needed; Once upon a time there were many In the streets of Aci they competed by offering their services to the carters who came and went from the Catania plain loaded with grapes and wheat Those were the times when Domenico made colors with clay from Turkey that he bought in a shop in Catania placed a marble stone in the mortar and began to crush The strong and vivid colors with which he painted the paladins of France Now in Aci Sant'Antonio there is a museum dedicated to Sicilian carts and three date back to the end of the nineteenth century who paint by reviving the decoration technique No one even knows what the paladins were dressed anymore «And then the background color of the cart must be yellow or blue not all colors» urges the maestro who in 1983 stole the Maestro's Trophy from Renato Guttuso at the Etna d'Oro event a stone's throw from Nerina's house lives the Lanzafame family who still produce traditional Catanese puppets by hand: father Sebastiano carves the figures mother Agata assembles the pieces and daughter Marcella paints them The journey continues going down to the nearby one Acireale whose living room is splendid Piazza Duomo delimited by the large cathedral from the seventeenth century basilica of Saints Peter and Paul and the contemporary Palazzo Comunale in front of the historic Cipriani café stands the splendid basilica of San Sebastiano with a baroque façade studded with friezes Very interesting are the seventeenth-century Zelantea Library - with an adjoining art gallery which houses works by Albrecht Dürer Antoon Van Dyck and Mattia Preti - and the Puppet Opera Theatre (another is located in Capo Mulini with the museum displaying a beautiful collection of ancient puppets posters and theaters that evoke the era of Mariano Pennisi inspirer of the theater in 1887 and last descendant of a family of traveling puppeteers: although illiterate they knew theOrlando furious by Ludovico Ariosto and the Jerusalem liberated by Torquato Tasso told the audience – that my puppets are not made of wood but are real men Going down from Acireale towards the sea you arrive at the village of Santa Maria la Scala which can also be reached on foot along the Chiazzetta a panoramic path with seven hairpin bends (directions from Piazza Duomo) which descends to the sea through the Timpa Nature Reserve a lava plateau overlooking the Ionian Sea on which Acireale itself is built Traveling along the coastal road northwards from Santa Maria la Scala you find yourself in the so-called lemon riviera which runs parallel to the black lava cliff with the plume of Etna in the distance In addition to a countryside full of lemon groves there are the seaside villages of Santa Tecla Stazzo - with the small port dominated by the small church of San Giovanni Nepomuceno - and Pozzillo a small landing place in a quiet inlet with soft changing colors with little houses on the rocks and a few rowing boats It feels like flipping through a page of The Malavoglia the famous novel by the most illustrious son of this land It's not for nothing that we are a stone's throw away from Aci Trezza where a platoon of wooden boats carries the symbols and saints to rely on in the waves: just like Providence It is here at the end of the 800th century that the writer set the bitter story of a poor fishing family you can stock up on a large glass of seltzer a house drink which in Verga's novel took away the bitter taste in Maruzza La Longa's mouth when she saw her son 'Ntoni leaving for the military While sipping it it is possible to meet John the poet who until a few years ago accompanied tourists by boat to the islet of Lachea and the magnificent basaltic stacks that emerge in the middle of the sea Homer recounts inOdysseyto prevent him from escaping La Nespolo House – where in Verga's pages the Toscanos lived – is instead located a stone's throw from the church of San Giovanni It is next to the lava stone arch that the actors of the Fantasticheria association recall the events of the novel through touching literary animations Upon entering you find the courtyard with the medlar tree and beyond a small door the old fishing tools; there are also some letters that Verga wrote to his brother Pietro and the black and white photos given by the inhabitants who participated in the film in 1947 The earth trembles neorealist masterpiece by Luchino Visconti inspired by The Malavoglia After having eaten an excellent plate of spaghetti with cuttlefish ink in the trattoria da Gaetano a lively octogenarian who was one of the main actresses The fourteen-year-old face that appears in the film's poster is his but the other actors were also taken from the everyday life and jobs of Aci Trezza They had to play the part of the "little heroes" told by Verga; but what did a butcher know about sequence shots and acting pauses «Sometimes it took a day to shoot just one scene» says Agnese because the actors were illiterate.” For Visconti it was difficult to even convince the Trezzoti to participate in the film Those were years in which single women were looked at with suspicion: imagine what it meant to convince two parents to leave their daughters Nella and Agnese for seven months in the service of a director Continuing from the town you arrive at Aci Castello which appears halfway up the coast with the Norman manor house overlooking the spur of lava rock also a poet: I ask him to recite a few verses before visiting the botanical garden nestled between the ancient walls where Verga set the story The stories of Trezza castle where the writer spent the last years of his life The house is in Via Sant'Anna and displays the original furnishings as if he were to return home at any moment the dining room with the sideboard and the serving hatch connected to the kitchen a portrait from 1912 in which he shows his mustache To groom them properly he had to have a well-made mustache straightener: anyone who wants to check can find it here House of Memory of Palazzo Trao, Vizzini (about 60 kilometers from Catania passing Lentini and Carlentini) together with the other memorabilia belonging to the writer: the waistcoat the photos taken with the pioneering camera a beautiful portrait painted by Ulisse Sartini and a section dedicated to the films taken from his stories It is in this enchanting town nestled among hills carpeted with prickly pears that Verga was perhaps born And it is here that he set some writings: Mastro don Gesualdo There are several places linked to the stories: the church of Sant'Agata where Bianca Trao and Mastro Don Gesualdo get married the ancient district of Cunziria (the tannery) where the duel between Alfio and Turiddu takes place; o Piazza Santa Teresa where next to the 'Gna Nunzia tavern the company of the Teatro Skenè association represents some parts of the Cavalleria rusticana It is a street theater in harmony with the purest spirit of revival theater founded by Alfredo Mazzone the mayor-director who from the 1970s conceived of staging Verga's short stories in the places where he had imagined them: alleys small squares and churchyards became stages where actors such as Arnoldo Foà and Orso Maria Guerrini brought Verga's characters back to life by making their way through the people a precious relic of industrial archeology in decadent but evocative abandonment still shows the tanks where until the 1950s an anthill of men tanned animal skins all day long Did you like the itinerary for Giovanni Verga's places? 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The Roman Martyrology commemorates St. Peter Nolasco (1182-1258), born in France, but later settled in Barcelona, Spain. After taking part in the Crusades against the Albigensians, he used his inheritance to free Christian prisoners held by the Moors. He later founded the Order of Our Lady of Mercy (Mercedarians) beginning in 1218 devoted to ransoming Christians. Today marks the older observance of St. John before the Latin Gate. A tradition mentioned by St. Jerome, which goes back to the second century, says St. John the Apostle was taken to Rome under the Emperor Domitian and plunged into a cauldron of boiling oil; by a striking miracle he came out safe and sound from this torture. A church dedicated in honor of St. John was built near the Latin Gate, the spot referred to by the tradition. In the year 95 John appeared before the tribunal of pagan Rome. He was convicted of having propagated, in a vast province of the Empire, the worship of a Jew who had been crucified under Pontius Pilate. He was considered a superstitious and rebellious old man, and it was time to rid Asia of his presence. He was, therefore, sentenced to an ignominious and cruel death. Today the museum is closed CONCERTINO per il mare September 23 Project and exhibition curated by Marcella Beccaria Concert on November 4 curated by Marianna Vecellio The exhibition CONCERTINO per il mare (for the Sea) focuses on a broad research project by Renato Leotta (1982 lives and works in Turin and Syracuse) rooted in the observation of the ecosystem of the seabed of the Mediterranean Sea Proposing a possible form of interspecies communication the artist interpreted the internal structure of the leaves of Posidonia oceanica (Neptune grass) by reading them as if they were a musical score This process produced sound tracks audible to the human ear that the artist organized into a sound installation and a concert to be performed live Drawing attention to the importance of a circular ecosystem CONCERTINO per il mare invites us to listen to stories of migration from the distant past to an uncertain future Set up in the historic galleries of the Castello the exhibition presents for the first time the sound installation in dialogue with a series of photographic prints made by the artist using experimental techniques and the original music sheets on which Leotta transcribed the musical notes and drafted ideas about the project Posidonia oceanica is an aquatic plant endemic to the Mediterranean Sea The species originated more than a hundred million years ago from terrestrial plants and evolved by adapting to the marine environment Posidonia meadows are home to a variety of life forms They are of great importance to the health of the sea and protect neighboring territories from erosion increasing coastal anthropization has led to a noticeable decline in Posidonia meadows and the artist’s choice to have the music performed by wind instruments can be traced back to this vital function of the plant the project commissioned by Castello di Rivoli and Istanbul Biennial winner of the 10th edition of the Italian Council international program to support Italian contemporary art promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture The work was first exhibited in 2022 at the 17th Istanbul Biennial an Ottoman building dating back to the 16th century Concert for the Sea in Three Movements is performed by the Turin Philharmonic Orchestra following its debut with musicians from the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra and thanks to the collaboration with the composer Federico Bisozzi during the opening days of the Istanbul Biennial Giuseppe Verdi State Conservatory of Music Project supported by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity within the Italian Ministry of Culture under the Italian Council program (2021) With thanks to Silvia Fiorucci for her support of the exhibition catalogue/record Thanks to the Cultural Partners: Area Marina Protetta “Isole Ciclopi” Catania; CNR IAS Istituto per lo Studio degli Impatti Antropici e Sostenibilità in Ambiente Marino Catania; NMNM – Nouveau Musée National di Monaco Monaco; Parco Archeologico e Paesaggistico di Siracusa The artist also thanks the musicians Simone Alessandrini Roman Villanueva e / and Sprovieri Gallery 1982) lives and works between Syracuse and Turin In 2019 he was Italian Fellow in Visual Arts at the American Academy in Rome Winner of the 10th edition of the Italian Council in September 2022 he participated with the winning project in the 17th Istanbul Biennial with the support of Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea. Among his solo exhibitions are: Sensibilità Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Magazzino Italian art Foundation and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò respectively in 2017 and in 2016; Piccola Patria Among the group exhibitions in which he took part we remember: Maxxi Bulgari Prize MAXXI Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo Palermo and Matriz do Tempo Real/Matrix for actual time 2017; XVI Quadriennale nazionale d’arte di Roma Leotta is co-founder of CRIPTA747 in Turin and ISTITUTO SICILIA In 2010 he won the Italy Award for Photography News 20.03.2019 News 15.10.2020 info@castellodirivoli.org T +39 011.9565.222 Piazza Mafalda di Savoia 10098 Rivoli - Torino from Wednesday to Friday10:00 AM - 05:00 PM Sign up for our daily Newsletter and stay up to date with all the latest news You are receiving this pop-up because this is the first time you are visiting our site You are using software which is blocking our advertisements (adblocker) we are relying on revenues from our banners So please disable your adblocker and reload the page to continue using this site.Thanks joining forces and resources are the pillars of the Sicilian business network called Etna's These basic notions embody the idea of doing business to achieve goals that can hardly be obtained alone the network includes member companies with 150 hectares of land and an estimated production of about 5,000 tons of lemons per year in a large plant where citrus fruits are sorted and packaged The PGI Etna Lemon is a fine citrus fruit which in 2020 obtained its inscription in the register of protected geographical indications by the European Union "We represent a group of growers that produce this lemon united in a business network that aims to share experience and good practices that add value to agricultural production We believe that in order to grow and increase competitiveness on the markets we need to focus on the supply and overcome the fragmentation of our production system Being united in purpose will allow us to gain critical mass optimize resources and shorten the supply chain to be reliable towards our trading partners," said PGI Etna Lemon producer members of the Etna's business network The Etna lemon is grown in a fairly wide area that covers Acireale the producers have developed a special technique that consists of causing water stress to the trees by depriving them of hydration during the months of June/July through copious irrigation and nitrogen-based fertilization the trees resume vegetative activity and bloom in August Etna's Network is currently engaged in harvesting and commercializing the Verdello lemon (also called summer lemon) the production of which is exclusive to the Ionian-Etnean area of Sicily Thanks to the cultivation technique on volcanic soil described above there is constant production of this characteristic lemon which turns out to be the only cultivation in summer This is a lemon whose distinctive trait is an external coloration of the fruit tending to green very juicy and with edible peel since it is free of pesticide residues cultivated on an area that covers about 3,000 total hectares an alternative to lemons arriving on the markets from Argentina or South Africa during the same period The superior nutraceutical qualities that characterize this specific seasonal lemon have been extensively described in the scientific research carried out by CREA-OFA of Acireale (CT), "Qualitative and Nutraceutical Aspects of Lemon Fruits Grown on the Mountainsides of Mount Etna" published in Food Research International no.74, April 2015 Elsevier B.V. (See research paper) "The Protected Geographical Indication of the Etna Lemon (See related article) is an extremely important trademark because in addition to certifying its exact geographical origin it enhances its typical and unique organoleptic and cultivation characteristics These characteristics are made possible thanks to the extremely favorable microclimatic conditions that in synergistic action with the particular nutritional characteristics present in the soil of volcanic origin the Etna's network is engaged in the cultivation phases that with the appropriate agronomic interventions will lead to the harvest campaign of the Primofiore lemon The network is made up of companies with a long tradition specializing in citrus cultivation and who have decided to join forces in order to be able to offer the consumer a product available on the market with a wide commercial calendar The goals are to strengthen cooperation among members enhancing the processing and marketing network of the fresh supply chain while not to mention the potential opportunities provided by the companies in the processing industry For more information:Etna's Terra dei LimoniVia Vallone95024 Acireale (CT)[email protected]www.etnasterradeilimoni.it FreshPublishers © 2005-2025 FreshPlaza.com Volume 7 - 2019 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00105 This article is part of the Research TopicRadon in Human EnvironmentsView all 5 articles The slopes of Etna are crossed by numerous active faults that traverse various towns and villages These faults pose a two-fold problem for the local people: on one hand they cause frequent damage to houses and breakage of roads while on the other they constitute a preferential route for the rising of crustal and sub-crustal gases Various recent studies on the volcano confirm a high level of radon degassing measured both in the soil (> 10,000 Bq/m3) we felt the need to deepen our knowledge on the radon present in the Etnean area focusing in particular on indoor radon pollution that is among the main causes of cancer largely (but not exclusively) of the respiratory system since 2005 we made a broad surface survey that revealed very high radon emissions from soils near active faults on Etna Typical background soil activity on Etna were <1,000 Bq/m3 whereas in areas of stronger soil degassing activity values up to ~60,000 Bq/m3 were measured since late 2015 we have performed continuous indoor radon monitoring inside seven houses some of which located close to degassing faults on the eastern southern and south-western flanks of the volcano Indoor radon concentration varied according to the season of the year they changed according to the geology and tectonic setting of the substratum of the monitored houses indoor radon concentration reached 3,549 Bq/m3 and remained > 1,000 Bq/m3 for several consecutive months highlighting a potential health problem for those living in such environments the construction features of the houses and/or the materials used seemed to play an important role in the mitigation of indoor radon accumulation even in the presence of intensely degassing soils These preliminary data demonstrate the need to deepen the studies extending indoor radon measurements to other urban areas in order to monitor the health hazard for the Etna population high activity concentration in radon emissions at the topographic surface is produced by convective flow of gases that facilitate the transport of radon from greater depth within soils Faults and fractures of the Earth's crust are the easiest paths for radon to move through the rocks and get to the surface because these zones are generally characterized by a higher porosity than surrounding rocks. Indeed, faults are likely the locations of high soil degassing and elevated radon activities (3–7) Simplified geological map of Mount Etna showing the main faults that cross the volcano and the sites of indoor radon measurements The urbanized areas are shown in light gray WHO also declared that if this level cannot be reached under the prevailing country-specific conditions the reference level should not exceed 300 Bq/m3 which is the limit recommended also in Europe by the EU Council Directive 2013/59/EURATOM For the above reasons, in this paper we present the first ever long-term monitoring of indoor radon on Mt. Etna. Measurements were carried out between 2015 and 2018 inside seven houses built on different types of soil and at varying distances from faults. The selected houses were located on the eastern, southern and south-western flanks of Etna, respectively (Figure 1) We compared the acquired data on radon activity with the geological settings at each site in order to identify all possible sources of radon we found levels of radon activity potentially dangerous for the local inhabitants We used a digital radon-monitor (model Canary that uses Alpha spectrometry with an Rn-accumulative method The monitor calculates and records both the daily and the weekly average radon activity and it provides the cumulative radon activity concentration in the long term The instrumental activity range is from 0 to 9999 Bq/m3 Sensitivity at activity concentration of 100 Bq/m3 is ~1.3 pulses/hour for 1-day-short-term measurement and ~0.3 pulses/hour for 7-days-long-term measurement The radon-monitors were placed in rooms connected to underground spaces 50 cm above the floor and at least 150 cm away from the next aeration facility We selected seven locations at various altitudes (from 42 to 592 m above sea level) on the eastern and southern slopes of Mt. Etna, chosen in places where high radon activity concentration had been measured in soils during previous surveys (10, 12, 13, 34) we used several active radon monitors together during the period of our investigation to evaluate possible concurrent temporal variations of radon activity in different rooms Homes and school buildings were selected also based on the inhabitants' willingness to collaborate voluntarily with data collection Radon measurements were performed in a fully automated way changes in radon activity had to be transcribed to a spreadsheet by the operator day by day since the instruments permanently stored only the average value of radon activity (in the long–term mode) Two schools were also involved in our surveys were preliminarily instructed with seminars on radon gas and its potential effects both positive (as tracer of geodynamic activities) and negative (as a risk factor for lung cancer) Twelve Canary digital radon-monitors were used at the seven locations above, with measurements taken during different intervals from 11/12/2015 until 20/10/2018. In some of the seven locations, more instruments were placed in order to monitor different rooms (Table 1) All rooms were without a basement underneath Summary of the radon measurements carried out between the end of 2015 and October 2018 in homes and schools located on the slopes of Etna radon fluctuations ranged from 0 to 87 Bq/m3 with long-term average concentration of 35 Bq/m3 and it is worth noting that during winter periods radon oscillations were greater Figure 2. Radon measurements recorded at site 1 in Paternò (see Figure 1 for location) Radon concentration are presented as daily (blue line) weekly (red) and long-term (green) averages “No data” indicates periods of no acquisition due to battery failure Two radon-monitors were placed inside a house located at the southern boundary of the municipality of Aci Castello, at an elevation of 43 m above sea level, respectively on the ground floor and mezzanine. The house is standing on > 60 m of compact lava flows and scoriae erupted during the last 10 kyr. The nearest known fault is located at a distance of about 1.8 km (Aci Trezza fault in Figure 1) The house was built with load-bearing walls made up of blocks of lava and cement mortar the radon-monitors were installed inside bedrooms The measurements started on 11 December 2015 and are still ongoing (Figure 3) In these two sites radon activity concentration ranged from 5 to 605 Bq/m3 (ground) and 1 to 669 Bq/m3 (mezzanine) with long-term averages of 91 and 110 Bq/m3 the higher long-term concentration being recorded by the monitor on the ground floor The highest radon value (669 Bq/m3) was recorded on 4 October 2017 at the mezzanine after keeping the house completely closed for 3 days Radon concentration consistently higher than 300 Bq/m3 were recorded only for about 2 consecutive months The two instruments showed substantially synchronous fluctuations with definitely higher concentration from autumn to spring (from October to May) while during the summer the radon dropped to almost zero Every time the instrument batteries were changed the sensors were reset and for this reason higher concentration were recorded compared to the previous period This instrumental behavior is consistent with the Canary radon-monitor instructions as the instrument needs about a week to stabilize Figure 3. Radon measurements recorded at location 2 in Aci Castello [see Figure 1; (A) = sensors 2 The remarkable peaks of radon activity were recorded on 4 October 2017 after 3 days when the house remained closed At this site, measurements started on 28 February 2017 and are still ongoing (Figure 4) with a long-term average value of 159 Bq/m3 A slight cyclicity linked to the alternation of the seasons is visible with higher radon concentration (from about 300 to 600 Bq/m3) between October and April and lower concentration (<100 Bq/m3) between June and August 2018 this trend was apparently not followed during the summer of 2017 when the average daily radon activity was higher than expected Activity concentration actually ranged between 100 and 200 Bq/m3 with a maximum of 358 Bq/m3 on 7 July 2017 Figure 4. Radon measurements recorded at location 3 (see Figure 1 No data interruption occurred during the acquisition period The short discontinuities of the green line (long-term average) indicate only discontinuity in the data annotation but a new radon survey was begun in mid-October 2018 and is still ongoing The few measurements carried out showed low radon activity (from 12 to 131 Bq/m3 with a long-term average value of 31 Bq/m3) Figure 5. Radon measurements recorded in the Zafferana Etnea territory, at location 6 (see Figure 1 The discontinuities of the green line (long-term average) indicate only discontinuity in the data annotation Figure 6. Radon measurements recorded in the Aci Catena municipality, at location 4 [see Figure 1; (A) = sensor 5 At these two sites, 1-day average for radon activity ranged from 3 to 988 Bq/m3 (bedroom) and from 5 to 623 Bq/m3, with long-term average concentration of 230 and 192 Bq/m3, respectively. Radon concentration consistently higher than 300 Bq/m3 were recorded from January to April 2016 and from October 2016 to May 2017 (Figure 6) The two instruments also showed synchronous fluctuations but with higher radon concentration at site 5 (bedroom) higher values were recorded from autumn to spring while during the summer radon activity dropped to almost zero similar to what was observed at sites 2 and 3 in the Aci Castello municipality Three radon-monitors were placed in two different localities: site 9 was inside a private house located in the northern suburbs of the town of Giarre while sites 10 and 11 were in two different classrooms of a high school within the Giarre urban area Radon activity ranged from 0 to 3549 Bq/m3 also in this case higher radon activity concentration (> 500 Bq/m3) were recorded for several months from autumn to spring while during summer the radon concentration dropped to almost zero Figure 7. Radon measurements recorded in the Giarre municipality, at location 5 (see Figure 1 1-day radon activity ranged from 4 to 49 Bq/m3 (classroom 1) and from 6 to 102 Bq/m3 (classroom 2) with long-term average radon concentration of 30 Bq/m3 (classroom 1) and 54 Bq/m3 (classroom 2) The main contribution of this study is that it provides radon concentrations in residential homes with measurements carried out for sufficiently long periods to be used to evaluate the risk on health from long-term radon exposure the risk of lung cancer can be high in the case of smokers who live in environments where radon activity concentration is even below the thresholds indicated above even if this part of the data is not widely discussed because it would be off topic in this paper Figure 8. Radon measurements recorded in the Giarre municipality, at location 7 (see Figure 1 sensors 11 and 12) in two different classrooms inside a high school Radon concentration are presented as daily (blue) “No data” indicates periods of no acquisition As a possible explanation for the dosimetric findings of this preliminary study, we have to consider that the houses showing the highest radon concentration are located at short distances (40–150 m) from active faults with visible surface cracks and fractures. In all other cases, the distance of the houses from known faults is > 1,000 m (Figure 9) and consequently the presence of active faults close to the monitored buildings play a major role in the ascent of radon gas to the surface and its consequent infiltration into nearby homes This might be a key factor for future monitoring of indoor radon in existing homes and for planning further urban expansion of cities Figure 9. Correlation between long-term average radon and distance from known active faults. Sites 7 and 9 showed radon activities that exceeded the maximum threshold (300 Bq/m3) recommended by the WHO handbook (33) - represented by the red dashed line The pink dotted line indicates the limit of 100 Bq/m3 recommended as the attention threshold by the WHO The dotted blue line represents the best-fit model to the data (following a power law: y = 3,928 × −0.551 As a further outcome of our study, we noted that the type of geological substrate under the monitored buildings had a clear influence on indoor radon activity, since the highest radon concentration were recorded in the sites located over successions of lava flows > 60 m thick (see Table 1) The results show an obvious positive correlation between 1-day and 7-day radon averages at all sites except 6 where the best correlation was between 7-day and long-term radon averages Another obvious correlation is found at almost all sites (though sometimes with Pearson coefficient values slightly lower than the minimum significance threshold of ± 0.50) between air temperature and relative humidity with opposite sign because when air temperature is higher relative humidity decreases significantly almost all sites show a strong negative correlation between 1-day or 7-day radon averages and daily average air temperature Location 6 is the only one where we found a significant negative correlation between daily radon averages and daily average barometric pressure and significant positive correlations among 7-day long-term radon averages and daily average relative humidity location 1 is the only one without any significant correlation among radon activity and any meteorological parameter Correlation matrixes between average daily weekly and long-term radon activity concentrations (indicated and Rn long-term) and the corresponding average daily values of air temperature (Temp) and barometric pressure (Press) at the locations with the longest periods of indoor radon monitoring Values of the Pearson correlation coefficient higher than ± 0.50 are considered statistically significant and therefore were highlighted in red The construction typology of the monitored buildings is mainly reinforced concrete and brick pillars the selected house was made of load-bearing walls and lava stone Although this house is located far from known active faults (the nearest is about 1,800 m away) radon activities were quite high (up to over 300 Bq/m3 during winter) therefore pointing to a significant hazard posed both by the construction material used and by the volcanic substrate underneath it (the house actually stands on a thick layer of volcanic rocks) indoor radon concentration measured both in the short- and long-term were substantially reassuring where measurements were carried out in two different classes during the winter-spring months radon concentration was consistently lower than 90 Bq/m3 in the short-term and lower than 55 Bq/m3 in the long-term the data collected so far refer only to just over a month and are therefore not very representative even if they show long-term radon concentration of only 31 Bq/m3 A limitation of our study is the not large number of homes monitored; it is clear that more robust results can be obtained by extending the observations to a larger sample of dwellings since it was the first time that indoor radon measurements were conducted over long periods in an active volcanic area such as Mt we decided to focus our attention on long-term variations of indoor radon concentration in a few selected sites in order to study what parameters possibly influence radon gas since it is known that radon emitted from the soil and infiltrated into houses varies mainly due to endogenous reasons particularly in very active volcano-tectonic area such as Mt the results presented here unquestionably offer preliminary but interesting data for the evaluation of potentially severe health problems linked to the accumulation of radon in inhabited places Our study represents the first multi-year continuous indoor radon monitoring in houses located on the slopes of Mt The aim was to verify if the houses built on the flanks of the volcano are prone to notable accumulation of radon inside them Our measurements were performed during periods ranging from a few months to over 3 years in 12 rooms belonging to seven different houses distributed on the eastern located at different distances from seismogenic faults seven sensors showed radon concentration > 100 Bq/m3 and two showed radon concentration higher than 300 Bq/m3 indoor radon concentration reached an impressive value of 3,549 Bq/m3 and it was > 1,000 Bq/m3 for several consecutively months The most relevant result is that the highest concentration of indoor radon was recorded in locations closer to active faults (40–150 m) and above volcanic substrates (succession of lava flows > 60 m thick) Building materials (load-bearing walls in lava stone) were found to have some kind of effect on radon accumulation. This increases the geo-hazard of the studied areas, because they are not only affected by active faulting (Figure 11) seismicity and the related soil gas emissions but they are also affected by high radon emissions that can infiltrate the houses Figure 11. Example of active faulting (indicated by yellow arrows) affecting the urban area of Aci Trezza (see ATF in Figure 1 for location) These fractures constitute a preferential path for the ascent of crustal and sub-crustal gases Our temporal monitoring showed that radon concentration was generally lower in the summer In the two cases where this atmospheric effect was not found we can hypothesize a possible endogenous cause as it opens up a new and never previously hypothesized field of investigation can provide useful data for monitoring endogenous phenomena Another important finding was that the distance of monitoring sites from faults and hence the intensity of radon emission from soil is apparently a major parameter controlling the accumulation of radon indoor even during periods of favorable weather conditions (i.e. with high air temperature and low air density) thus overwhelming any possible mitigation from unforced air convection into houses our daily measurements showed high 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for their intelligence and their curiosity they approach fishing vessels and attempt to remove catch directly from fishing gear and has been a growing concern for fishers over the last few decades risk injury and even death as they can get entangled or entrapped with implications for the species’ long-term survival For fishers dealing with declining fish stocks as depredation impacts both gear and capture significantly lowering values and fisher revenues Small-scale fishers recovering the net in Aci Castello ran a project in five Mediterranean countries between 2018 and 2022 “It is an important issue for ACCOBAMS because the impacts caused by dolphins can undermine efforts towards the conservation of the cetaceans themselves,” says Célia Le Ravallec “The objective is to find solutions that will allow fishers to limit the economic impacts they suffer while also ensuring the conservation of dolphins.” fishers and scientists tested various mitigation solutions aimed at deterring dolphins from approaching the fishing gear the focus was on strengthening the net itself so that it could better withstand dolphin interactions GFCM Fishery Resources Monitoring Specialist out at sea during the pilot programme on depredation ©GFCM/Claudia Amico a national partner to the project extensively tested an alarm system that can warn fishers when dolphins are close to their boats so that they can pull their nets out of the water and avoid any interaction The project was funded by the MAVA Foundation which supports conservation projects in the Mediterranean and other parts of the world It looked at assessing when and where interactions occur to better document dolphin behavior and their reaction to particular types of fishing gear while determining the economic losses suffered by fishers and ultimately sought solutions to reduce this phenomenon The socioeconomic impacts of damaged fishing gear and lost catch create conflicts between fishers and dolphins undermining the conservation and sustainability efforts promoted by regional organizations Depredation occurs when dolphins approach fishing vessels and remove parts of the catch ©GFCM/Claudia Amico which allows for replicability and comparisons among fisheries across the region to facilitate and improve data collection in a harmonized and standardized way,” says Paolo Carpentieri “This process will be realized through onboard observations questionnaires at landing sites and self-reporting activities.” The protocol provides a means for sharing knowledge information and evidence for subsequent decision-making They are an important source of information on dolphin behaviour and their interactions with fishing activities fishing practices and the marine environment Small-scale fishers showing damages on the net by dolphins in Nerja While no mitigation technique is foolproof and depredation cannot be stopped altogether The top ten Italian news of January 27 2025 Zeta Italy News: On the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz’s 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alternative measures for inmates Thirty-two individuals face precautionary measures while 28 others are under investigation for detention-related offenses and drug trafficking highlighting the exploitation of the system within the prison At the Australian Open the Italian tennis champion defeated Alexander Zverev to claim his third Grand Slam title This victory further cements Jannink Sinner place among tennis’ elite is still chasing his first major championship Known as the first woman to coach an A1 team she led Roma to the top of women’s volleyball and won the 1993 CEV Cup passed away at the age of 74 due to a cardiac arrest Avalle coached four teams and mentored young players has been restored in 4K resolution and is back in the cinemas for Holocaust Remembrance Day which depicts the lives of a Jewish family in Ferrara during the Fascist era offers audiences a renewed opportunity to experience its poignant narrative with enhanced visual clarity Fragments is the title of Andrew Borg’s fourth solo exhibition that is on view throughout the month of February at the Palm Court Lounge Borg has produced paintings that have been inspired by his personal visits to Malta and Gozo’s coast and countryside but also that of Sicily especially those produced in the last few weeks The selection of paintings executed in oil on canvas or board presents landscapes taken from what can be largely called unlikely views often painted from a particular vantage point that is a hallmark of Borg’s unique compositions This is what makes the paintings very much recognisable as being by Andrew Borg as is the square 60 x 60cm format of canvas that he tends to favour From broad vistas captured during the day or night to a zoomed-in subject matter executed with a varied palette the paintings also portray a variety of moods and atmospheres Striking orange hues feature in a raging fire a sunset as well as a blood moon that he observed in Sicily Borg’s paintings continue to portray vast skies a feature that remains omnipresent in this collection They are composed of quick brushstrokes that What may appear meticulous from a distance can be seen to have been executed with flair with a few broad strokes This is visible when one looks closely at paintings like The last of the Sodium Lamps which portrays a city lit up at night as viewed from a distance and a high vantage point Borg is certainly prolific and displays maturity in his art An avid painter of landscapes executed in oils Borg also works in watercolour and enjoys painting en plein air He also executes portraits in short sessions in his Siġġiewi studio one can also notice that the tendency is for Borg to transition towards abstraction Mġarr ix-Xini as well as the shrouding over of his own paintings like in Fragmented Landscape – Comino respectively which is what prompted the exhibition title “the increasing erosion of what used to make Malta beautiful What’s left are small bits of a distant environmental and social past.” The paintings portray 'fragments’ of Maltese landscapes that are distant in spirit that are juxtaposed with new inspirations from another land Another painting that portrays a different point of view is a painting of the bulwark that is the medieval Norman castle in Aci Castello (province of Catania) with the stronghold that is perched on a cliff edge towering over the viewer which is captured in silhouette against a light blue sky Fragments is synchronous with Borg’s life as of the last few months which have seen him living between two homes on two central Mediterranean islands that have very much in common and yet which offer completely different experiences: Malta and Sicily This has not only broadened his horizons but also broadened his mind-frame resonates more with Borg’s current state of mind The point of view that we see in Borg’s paintings is also very much a reflection of who he has evolved into as a person today One can notice that there are more paintings of Sicily creeping into his oeuvre as Borg finds himself more and more attached to the larger Mediterranean island He is slowly transitioning to spending more of his time in Sicily; away from Malta a land that he calls home but which he feels somewhat betrayed by portray ‘fragments’ of Maltese landscapes that are distant in spirit that are juxtaposed with new inspirations from another land and again away from a degenerated place we call Malta This is an artist who is sensitive to his surroundings and he still manages to seek out beauty in the Maltese islands This is amply evidenced in the several landscapes that he has immortalised in the paintings in this collection these scenes will not be forever present and should not be taken for granted it is very much a case of ‘festina lente’ the oxymoron in Latin meaning “make haste It may take him a while to decide something but once he has made up his mind there is no going back and progress is swiftly made A very conscious and calculated progress too curated by Charlene Vella and hosted by Palm Court Lounge please register for free or log in to your account Local attorney and sports car enthusiast John Piccin added another milestone to his scrapbook when he and his son Tim recently completed the four-day 750-mile Targa Florio Classic for pre-1977 cars in Italy a former legal staffer with General Motors and a personal injury lawyer in Ocala since 1974 is now joined in his practice by daughter and partner Katie Glynn Air Force lieutenant colonel and pilot with American Airlines The father and son team drove a vintage Ermini sports car with a 1100cc Fiat engine mountainous and sometimes treacherous Targa Florio Classic route The drivers were occasionally interrupted by sheep and goats in the road has been home for over a century to the "oldest race in the world," according to www.targa-florio.it Taming the legendary course was another feather in the driving caps for the two men who also completed the 1,000-mile Mille Miglia sports car race in Italy in May 2012 The rare machine - only about 30 were made - could fetch as high $1 million at sale supported the father and son team in the rally and also served as navigator for a day with Edoardo Tendon in a 1949 Fiat Giannini 750 Sport The 2017 Classic provided an opportunity for John Piccin to combine his love of sports cars with learning more of the history of his ancestral home He said his father was from Italy and that the country is like "one big museum." "We started out form the Palermo Opera House," he said Glynn expressed concern about the lack of safety equipment in the sports car as the two discussed the Classic at their northeast Ocala office recently the race was established by Vincenzo Florio "What are the cars for if you do not build roads on which they can travel?” the event was only stopped for World War I and WWII smells flavors and traditions" and hospitality of Sicily The 2017 Targa Florio Classic starts from "the elegant heart of Palermo a prestigious seaside place on the Ionian Sea the drivers reach the 'Pearl of the Tyrrhenian Sea' stops at the university and then moves on to the inland one of the most popular European tracks and scene of many international events during the years." Porsches and other international makes of sports cars with a 1968 Lancia Fulvia Zagato Competizione the race was modified in 1977: "The record shows that the Targa Florio was the longest-lasting road race called the Targa Floria Classic an "incredible experience." He said he and his father drove the vintage Ermini which was "very light" and had "old school" drum brakes at speeds up to around 100 mph — although the car had no speedometer and speed was estimated by using a tachometer — and traversed mountain roads with 1,000 foot drop-offs he could see in his father's eyes that he was reliving his teens when sports cars first grabbed his interest Tim recounted one incident when they entered a tunnel with car and semi-truck traffic and tried to switch on the headlight and the engine died "The police were assisting (during the race) A (motorcycle) policeman came up behind us and pushed our car for about a kilometer with his leg," he said (When we broke down in the tunnel) he still had a big smile on his face," Tim said called the race a "wonderful" father and son experience and said her husband had an internal GPS and stayed on course while some drivers got lost She praised Tim's keen awareness of the surroundings while driving She and her sister toured the area while John and Tim drove the Classic "John took another item off his bucket list," she said Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker the Rabat local council will be allocated the sum of €1 million to implement a community project to increase efficiency in the use of water This project will be financed under the programme Interegg Italja-Malta GiFluid is being carried out in a joint venture between the Water and Energy Agency and the Rabat local council together with the University of Catania the Regional council of Sicily and Aci Castello St Dominic’s square will be turned into a recreational space in order for it to be enjoyed by residents and those who make use of this locality Through this project the infrastructure will be strengthened and therefore there will be a space for a reservoir where the rainwater in the area will be collected This project will see to the implementation of the green urban infrastructure which will be a roof garden at the National Centre for the Conservation of Water Over the last four years this centre has served as an educational centre where students and children were exposed to more awareness about the importance of water as a resource With this project it will now also be recreational space for families and visitors The GiFluid project will serve as a model to develop a well and to analyse the risks of flooding more environmentally solutions will be applied “Water resources are very important that is why we need to find solutions and practices to safeguard this resource Through this model we will have a tool so that more ministries and government entities can plan measures to reduce flooding” She pointed out that various entities will come together to form more sustainable strategies and policies “We need to plan a future for our country and therefore we need to prepare future generations to come out with ideas and sustainable innovations With this project we will be involving the participation of young people who are being offered opportunities for training in Catania where the infrastructure is more environmentally sustainable,” Minister Dalli explained She concluded that projects such as this reflect the vision of this government in the field of sustainable development and has urged for more initiatives such as this Ilu fil-qasam ġurnalistiku għal dawn l-aħħar 25 sena u tinteressah kull ġrajja ta' interess għall-pubbliku kemm mil-lat ta' informazzjoni u anke ta' divertiment The faults of Etna represent a triple danger for the populations: they generate earthquakes a carcinogenic gas which can accumulate in houses making them unhealthy was published in the international journal "Frontiers in Public Health" picture 1 – Schematic structural map of Etna with the main urban areas highlighted (in light grey) The small blue circles indicate the radon measurement sites one of the radar meters used to measure indoor radon picture 2 – Fracture of the soil (co-seismic faulting) formed during the earthquake of 26 December 2018 in Fleri The blue arrows schematize the behavior of radon (Rn) which rises more easily from the subsoil to the surface through rock fractures picture 3 – Fracture of the soil at the point where the Pernicana Fault cuts the road linking the towns of Milo and Linguaglossa The photo was taken on the morning of 27 October 2002 a few hours after the start of the lateral eruption which would have destroyed the tourist resort of Piano Provenzana #ingv #etna #frontiersinpublichealth #radon #earthquake The contents published on these pages by theNational Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology are distributed under license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. A €1 million project involving government and EU funds will see the Rabat local council upgrade St Dominic’s Square into a recreational space with space for a reservoir to conserve runoff water in the area The GiFluid project is being funded by the Interreg Italia-Malta programme in conjunction with the Energy and Water Agency Teh water catchment system seeks to serve as a model to analyse flooding risks with the hope that this can help in the application of green solution it will also implement a roof garden on the National Centre for Water Conservation Għajn which was established four years ago as an educational centre The roof garden aims to provide it with an additional recreational purpose for neighbouring families and therefore we have to find practical solutions to safeguard this source This model will also serve as a tool for other ministries and government entities to plan and coordinate flood mitigation measures,” Sustainable Development Minister Miriam Dalli said We use cookies to ensure users are given the best experience on our website We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below The cookies that are categorized as "Necessary" are stored on your browser as they are essential for enabling the basic functionalities of the site We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze how you use this website and provide the content and advertisements that are relevant to you These cookies will only be stored in your browser with your prior consent You can choose to enable or disable some or all of these cookies but disabling some of them may affect your browsing experience Necessary cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the various categories Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms The _cf_bm cookie is used by OneSignal to facilitate the delivery of web push notifications on this website Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors This cookie is installed by Marfeel Solutions Registers data on visitors' website-behaviour This is used for internal analysis and website optimization This cookie is installed by Facebook and identifies browsers for the purposes of providing advertising and site analytics services This cookie is installed by Google Analytics Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns The OAID cookie is set by our Adserver to deliver targeted ads on the website It tracks user interactions with ads (e.g. impressions) to optimize ad delivery without collecting personally identifiable information This helps provide relevant ads based on browsing activity Other cookies are those that are being identified and have not been classified into any category as yet A light magnitude 0.8 earthquake hit 35 km (21 mi) away from Catania, Sicily, Italy The quake had a very shallow depth of 0.6 km (0.4 mi) and was too small to be felt by people A light magnitude 0.6 earthquake hit 34 km (21 mi) away from Catania, Sicily, Italy The quake had a very shallow depth of 0.4 km (0.2 mi) and was too small to be felt by people A light magnitude 1.3 earthquake hit 43 km (26 mi) away from Catania, Sicily, Italy The quake had a very shallow depth of 13.9 km (9 mi) and was too small to be felt by people A light magnitude 1.4 earthquake hit 27 km (17 mi) away from Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Sicily, Italy The quake had a very shallow depth of 4.1 km (2.5 mi) and was too small to be felt by people A light magnitude 1.7 earthquake hit 14.4 km (9 mi) away from Giarre, Sicily, Italy The quake had a very shallow depth of 0.9 km (0.6 mi) and was too small to be felt by people A light magnitude 2.0 earthquake hit 11.5 km (7 mi) away from Adrano, Sicily, Italy The quake had a very shallow depth of 4.2 km (2.6 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so).