Cimitero
Volta Mausoleum
A mausoleum should close a story. This one was reopened 44 years later because a researcher believed genius might leave clues in the skull.
Perché vale la deviazione
Volta’s family transferred his remains here in 1831, placing his sarcophagus between allegories of Science and Religion. In 1875, his body was exhumed so Cesare Lombroso could examine the skull for anatomical signs of genius—a theory now discredited.
The Volta Mausoleum in Como is a hidden gem where the remains of Alessandro Volta were transferred in 1831. It is notable for its historical significance and the controversial exhumation of Volta's body in 1875 for scientific examination.
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Alessandro Volta
His remains have rested in this neoclassical mausoleum since 1831.
Cesare Lombroso
He examined Volta's skull after the scientist's remains were exhumed in 1875.
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Villa Volta
Late in 1799, one of science’s fiercest arguments reached its climax not in a grand laboratory, local tradition says, but on a garden table right here. The cast: two scientists, unlike conductors and one twitching frog.
1.9 km
Where the Cosia Disappears at Via Piave
Follow the Cosia beside the street and it pulls a neat vanishing act: one moment it is in the open, the next it is running beneath central Como toward the lake.
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Paolo Carcano Silk Institute
Lake Como gets the postcards; this campus tells the story behind the silk. Here, fashion meant chemistry, weaving and homework long before it meant a polished shop window.
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Como Silk Museum
On Via Castelnuovo, the hunt comes down to one small detail: number 9. Find it, and silk gets the whole museum to itself.
2.2 km
San Donato Hermitage
You are only about one-third of the way from Como to Brunate when the old mule track meets a Franciscan retreat on a rocky spur. Quiet setting, sharp plot twist: in the Napoleonic period, suppression and confiscation changed the place for good.
2.3 km
Via Anzani Workers’ Housing
On paper, this was a whole new district. Then the budget cuts arrived, and an entire neighbourhood shrank to two apartment blocks.
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.