Alessandro Volta Museum

Volta Temple, Tempio Voltiano, Volta Temple, Voltiano Temple
Italy, Como
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Alessandro Volta Museum

Volta Temple, Tempio Voltiano, Volta Temple, Voltiano Temple
Italy, Como
The Temple of Volta is a museum on the shores of Lake Como dedicated to the brilliant Italian physicist Alessandro Volta, the inventor of the electric battery. The opening of the museum in 1927 was timed to coincide with the centenary of the death of this famous scientist. The building was built in neoclassical style by the architect Federico Frigerio and outwardly it resembles the Roman Pantheon. The museum presents a collection related to the life, achievements and inventions of the outstanding physicist - his personal letters, various documents and scientific publications, devices and tools, developments and models, as well as a working copy of Volta's first battery.
In 2015, an unusual sculpture Life Electric was installed near the museum - the work of the famous American architect Daniel Libeskind, dedicated to Alessandro Volta and glorifying his gift to humanity - an electric battery.

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Traveled 11 years ago
Rating 5
Lake Como is a three-pointed star in plan. The lower left beam points to the city of Como, and the tip itself points to the Alessandro Volta Museum, in whose name we are used to measuring the voltage in the electrical network and various other places, playing exciting polytechnical games like: hold hands with everyone, and put your fingers into the socket with the last one. The outstanding physicist was born in 1745, when Como was part of the Duchy of Milan, and died here in 1827, leaving a rich scientific legacy, including the first chemical source of direct electric current - the prototype of what we now call "battery".
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