Esther's fact file

>Mount E

tna is a volcano on the

east coast of Sicily

,part of southern

Italy. It is the largest active volcano

in Europe. Mount Etna erupts every

few years.

>Etna's most destructive eruption started on 11 march 1669.

>It produced lave flows that destroyed 16 villages and reached the town of Catania five weeks later on 15 April.