Заброшенный музей Алессандро Вольта Abandoned Museum of Alessandro Volta

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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". His work was appreciated by Napoleon himself, who in 1801 awarded Alessandro the title of count. By the time of Volta's death, Como was already in the Lombardo-Venetian kingdom. The museum building is surrounded by a chain, the doors are closed, there are no signs of life.