| When You rent an apartment in Sicily, during | | | | attano. Etna was known in the Roman time as |
| Your stay in You'll realize how beautiful and magic | | | | Aetna. Arabs called the mountain Jabal al-Jabal |
| this region is. | | | | ("volcano" or "mountain of Sicily sum"), this name |
| Etna is an active volcano located on the east | | | | was later changed into Mons Gibel: the mountain |
| coast of Sicily between Catania and Messina. It is | | | | twice (from the Latin mons "hill" and by 'Arabic |
| the highest active volcano on the European | | | | Jebel "mountain") just to indicate its majesty. The |
| continent and one of highest in the world. Its | | | | term Mongibello was commonly used in practice |
| height varies over time because of its eruptions, | | | | until very recently (some people call the old Etna |
| but is currently around 3,340 m s.l.m.. Its diameter | | | | Mongibello still today). |
| is about 45 km. It was once known as | | | | The regular eruptions of the mountain, often |
| Mongibello. Etna's name could be traced back to | | | | dramatic, have made it a topic of great interest in |
| ancient greek pronunciation of the name Aitna, a | | | | classical mythology and folk beliefs, it was in fact |
| name that was also attributed to the cities of | | | | tried to explain the behavior of the volcano |
| Catania and Inessa, which derives from the | | | | through a variety of gods and giants of Roman |
| Greek word aitho (burn) or the Phoenician word | | | | and Greek legend. |