Tempio Voltiano

The Tempio Voltiano (Italian; Volta Temple in English) is a museum in the city of Como, Italy that is dedicated to Alessandro Volta, a prolific scientist and the inventor of the electrical battery.

It was completed in 1927 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the scientist's death, but was inaugurated in 1928.

It hosts a collection of scientific instruments used by the physicist including his early voltaic piles (batteries).

Volta's portrait was depicted on the front of the same banknote.

Banknotes based on the Italian lira have since been replaced by notes denominated in Euros.