Rifugio Sapienza

Culture, Environment and nature, Naturalistic areas, Tipical places
Piazzale Rifugio Sapienza - 95030 Nicolosi
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    From here you can reach the "Cable car of Etna".

    The rifugio Giovannino Sapienza is a mountain hut located on the southern slope of Mount Etna, at an altitude of 1,910 meters above sea level.

    It is close to the station of the “cable car of Etna”; it was built during the Fascist period, and is owned by the Catania section of the Italian Alpine Club.

    Because of its proximity to the Etna craters, it risked several times to be overwhelmed by the eruptions, even up to be lapped by the lava flows.

    Starting from the hut, and using the cable car you can get in a short time to the summit cones. Assisted by guides, you can also make a visit to the apparatus eruption that destroyed Piano Provenzana in 2002.

    To be remembered that from 2013 Etna was recognized by UNESCO in the World Heritage List: a natural site, then, that is a Heritage of all Humanity.