' Ant on ino ▁or ▁" il ▁quart iere ". ▁During ▁the ▁last ▁days ▁of ▁the ▁er u ption , ▁the ▁flow ▁interrupted ▁the ▁Mess ina - Cat ania ▁railway ▁line ▁and ▁destroyed ▁the ▁train ▁station ▁of ▁Mas cal i . ▁The ▁event ▁was ▁used ▁by ▁Ben ito ▁M uss ol ini ' s ▁fasc ist ▁regime ▁for ▁propag anda ▁purposes , ▁with ▁the ▁ev acu ation , ▁aid , ▁and ▁re building ▁operations ▁being ▁presented ▁as ▁models ▁of ▁fasc ist ▁planning . ▁Mas cal i ▁was ▁re built ▁on ▁a ▁new ▁site , ▁and ▁its ▁church ▁contains ▁the ▁Italian ▁fasc ist ▁symbol ▁of ▁the ▁tor ch , ▁placed ▁above ▁the ▁statue ▁of ▁Jesus ▁Christ . ▁▁ ▁Other ▁major ▁ 2 0 th - century ▁er u ptions ▁occurred ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁ 1 9 7 9 , ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁and ▁ 1 9 9 1 – 1 9 9 3 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 7 1 , ▁la va ▁buried ▁the ▁Et na ▁Observ atory ▁( built ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ), ▁destroyed ▁the ▁first ▁generation ▁of ▁the ▁Et na ▁cable - car , ▁and ▁seriously ▁threatened ▁several ▁small ▁villages ▁on ▁Et na ' s ▁east ▁fl ank . ▁In ▁March ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Rand azzo ▁on ▁the ▁north western ▁fl ank ▁of ▁Et na ▁narrow ly ▁escaped ▁destruction ▁by ▁unus ually