Museo
Alessandro Volta High School and Science Museum
A marble Alessandro Volta has presided over this institution since 1832, looking less like a former teacher and more like the patron saint of physics homework. The twist? The real Volta never taught in the building in front of you.
Perché vale la deviazione
Volta studied at the institution’s predecessors and later taught experimental physics there—though all of that happened before the school occupied this building. Its science museum grew from instruments donated by Volta’s friend Gattoni.
This hidden gem in Como is a science museum that evolved from instruments donated by Volta's friend Gattoni. It offers insights into the life and work of the renowned physicist Alessandro Volta.
Le persone legate a questo indirizzo
Legami documentati, non aneddoti da rotocalco.
Alessandro Volta
He attended predecessor schools associated with the institution before becoming its regent and physics professor.
Giulio Cesare Gattoni
His 1808 donation formed the original nucleus of the school's physics and natural-science collection.
Che cosa c’è nei paraggi
I luoghi raccontati più vicini, con la distanza in linea d’aria da qui.
50 m
Roman Gate of Como
In 1914, builders broke ground for a Como school and found that someone had beaten them to the site by roughly two thousand years. Beneath their feet was the Roman city’s main southern gate.
50 m
Church and Former Monastery of Santa Cecilia
In 1339, Como’s defenses needed more room. One awkward detail: part of a convent was in the way.
50 m
Former Royal Silk School
Backpacks, lessons, the daily school run: the former Royal Silk School has found the perfect disguise. Como’s textile history is still here—it just looks busy with homework.
50 m
Porta Torre
In 1127, Milan had won, and Como’s Roman defenses lay demolished. The tower in front of you is Como’s reply—delivered in stone and aimed directly down the road toward its former enemy.
200 m
San Vitale Tower
After Como’s ruinous war with Milan, the city’s southern edge acquired a blunt message in stone: fewer openings, stronger defenses, no decorative fuss. San Vitale was architecture saying, very firmly, “Not again.”
200 m
Como Civic Art Gallery
At number 84, you came looking for Como’s town art gallery and found it inside a 17th-century palazzo. The building gets equal billing with the art.
Percorrilo con le storie
Questo indirizzo è una tappa fra tante. I nostri itinerari e le quest le collegano in una passeggiata che funziona sul posto.