Alessandro Volta's monument
This marble monument of Alessandro Volta was erected in Como (Piazza Alessandro Volta) in 1838. The statue was sculpted by renowned Italian artist Pompeo Marchesi, while the massive base is a work by Francesco Durelli1. The scientist holds a book in his left hand and rests the right one on his famous pile.
On the front side of the base there is the following Italian inscription: "A VOLTA / LA PATRIA / A MDCCCXXXVIII". On the posterior and lateral sides many of its scientific instruments are sculpted in bas-relief.
In the middle of a flower bed in front of the monument two bronze memorial tablets can be seen dating back to 1899, the centennial of the invention of the pile.
- Photos by Luca Borghi ti.supmacinu|ihgrob.l#| (August 2015)
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