Volta

Volta may refer to:
Persons
Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), Italian physicist and inventor of the electric battery, count and eponym of the volt
Giovanni Volta (1928–2012), Italian Roman Catholic bishop
Giovanni Serafino Volta (1764–1842) Italian priest, naturalist and paleontologist
Massimo Volta (born 1987), Italian footballer
Leopoldo Camillo Volta (1751–1823) Italian librarian and historian of Mantua
Places
Volta, California, a census-designated place in Merced County, California, US
Volta Mantovana, an Italian municipality in the Lombardy region
Porta Volta, a former city gate of Milan, Italy
Volta Grande, a Brazilian municipality in the Minas Gerais state
Volta Redonda, a Brazilian municipality in the Rio de Janeiro state
Upper Volta (disambiguation)
Lake Volta, in Ghana
Volta Region, in Ghana
Volta River, primarily flowing in Ghana, with its headstreams:
White Volta
Red Volta
Black Volta
Volta (crater), a crater on the Moon
8208 Volta, a main belt asteroid
Technology and products
Volta (microarchitecture), the initial codename for the microarchitecture to succeed the Pascal (microarchitecture) developed by Nvidia
Volta Charging, American electric vehicle infrastructure company
Microsoft Live Labs Volta, a web development toolset by Microsoft
Toyota Alessandro Volta, a hybrid concept vehicle
Volta, a brand of vacuum cleaners by Electrolux
Organisations
Volta Laboratory and Bureau, research and philanthropic institutions created by Alexander Graham Bell in the US
Volta Aluminum Company, a company based in Ghana
Volta River Authority, the main electricity supplier in Ghana
Volta Regional Museum, an ethnographic history museum in Ho, Ghana
Volta Cinematograph, first cinema of Dublin. started by, among others, James Joyce
Volta Trucks, an electric truck manufacturer
Volta (Estonian company), factory in Tallinn, Estonia
Sports
Volta a Portugal, an annual professional road bicycle race in Portugal
Volta ao Algarve, an annual road bicycle racing stage race in the Algarve, Portugal
Volta a Catalunya, an annual professional road bicycle race in Catalonia, Spain
Volta a Lleida, a road cycling stage race held in the Lleida region of Spain
Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, a former road cycling stage race held in the Valencian Community, Spain
Volta Feminina da República, a Brazil women's staged cycle race
Volta ao Distrito de Santarém, an annual Portuguese road bicycle racing stage race in the Santárem district
Other uses
Volta (album), a 2007 album by Björk
Volta (dance), a Renaissance dance for couples
Volta (literature), a point of dramatic change in a poem
Una Volta, the 3rd album from the band DeVotchKa
Volta (film), a 2004 Philippine movie
Volta (TV series), a 2008 Philippine TV series based on its namesake 2004 movie
Volta (Brescia Metro), a railway station in Brescia, Italy
Volta Review, the journal of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Volta bracket, a musical repeat sign
Volta Prize, an award by the French government for scientific achievement in electricity
Edison Volta Prize, a biannual award by the European Physical Society (EPS)
Volta Conference, an interwar cycle of cultural meetings
Villa Volta, an attraction in the amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands
VOLTA (Cirque du Soleil), a touring big top show by Cirque du Soleil
See also
The Mars Volta, an American musical group
Volt, the derived unit for electric potential, named in honour of Alessandro Volta
Voltaic (disambiguation)
Voltaic pile, the first electrical battery
Volta do mar, a navigational technique perfected by the Portuguese during the late fifteenth century
Conan: Hall of Volta, a 1984 action/platform computer game