# Real Ferdinando Bridge

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Suspension bridge in Italy

The [catenary](/source/Catenary) suspension bridge of **Real Ferdinando** or the **Ferdinandeo Bridge** over the River [Garigliano](/source/Garigliano) was the first iron catenary suspension bridge built in [Italy](/source/Italy), and one of the earliest in continental Europe. This bridge, which was technologically advanced for its age, was built in 1832 by the [Bourbon](/source/House_of_Bourbon-Two_Sicilies) [Kingdom of Two Sicilies](/source/Kingdom_of_Two_Sicilies).[1][2] The engineer who designed the bridge was [Luigi Giura](/source/Luigi_Giura).

## Bibliography

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** [Cronologia delle scienze applicate](http://www.imss.fi.it/milleanni/cronologia/cronsca/isca1800.html) [Università di Firenze](/source/Universit%C3%A0_di_Firenze)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-RParisi_2-0)** [*As an «Overturned Rainbow». The suspension bridges in the italian architectural culture of the 19th Century*](http://www.ticcihcongress2006.net/paper/Paper%207/RobertoParisi_Ponti.pdf), Roberto Parisi, in Atti dal XIII Congresso [TICCIH](/source/TICCIH) organizzato dall'Istituto Momigliano per la Storia d'Impresa - Terni e Roma 14-18 settembre 2006. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042045/http://www.ticcihcongress2006.net/paper/Paper%207/RobertoParisi_Ponti.pdf) March 4, 2016, at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

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[41°14′32″N 13°46′20″E / 41.24222°N 13.77222°E / 41.24222; 13.77222](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Real_Ferdinando_Bridge&params=41_14_32_N_13_46_20_E_region:IT_source:kolossus-itwiki)

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