Birthplace of Alessandro Volta

Alessandro Volta’s birthplace is located in the historic centre of Como, in the street of the same name. Alessandro Volta bi was born on 18 February 1745. The next day he was baptised in the nearby prepositurale church of San Donnino with the names Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio. He died in this house in 1827. On the right of the main door of house number 62 is a plaque with the inscription ‘Fu questa l’avita casa di Alessandro Volta’.