A train around an active volcano | DW Documentary

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For almost 120 years, the Circumetnea has been circling Mount Etna, passing through two nature parks and constantly changing vegetation zones, with the UNESCO-listed volcano often in view. Following the closure of much of Sicily’s narrow-gauge network, it is now the island’s last remaining narrow-gauge railway.

Most of Etna’s eruptions stay close to the crater and rarely threaten people or anima…

For almost 120 years, the Circumetnea has been circling Mount Etna, passing through two nature parks and constantly changing vegetation zones, with the UNESCO-listed volcano often in view. Following the closure of much of Sicily’s narrow-gauge network, it is now the island’s last remaining narrow-gauge railway.

Most of Etna’s eruptions stay close to the crater and rarely threaten people or anima…

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