The

catenary In physics and geometry, a catenary (, ) is the curve that an idealized hanging chain or cable assumes under its own weight when supported only at its ends in a uniform gravitational field. The catenary curve has a U-like shape, superficia ...

suspension bridge of Real Ferdinando or the Ferdinandeo Bridge over the River

Garigliano The Garigliano () is a river in central Italy. It forms at the confluence of the rivers Gari (also known as the Rapido) and Liri. Garigliano is actually a deformation of "Gari-Lirano" (which in Italian means something like "Gari from the Liri"). ...

was the first iron catenary suspension bridge built in

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, and one of the earliest in continental Europe. This bridge, which was technologically advanced for its age, was built in 1832 by the Bourbon

Kingdom of Two Sicilies The Kingdom of the Two Sicilies ( it, Regno delle Due Sicilie) was a kingdom in Southern Italy from 1816 to 1860. The kingdom was the largest sovereign state by population and size in Italy before Italian unification, comprising Sicily and a ...

Cronologia delle scienze applicate

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''As an «Overturned Rainbow». The suspension bridges in the italian architectural culture of the 19th Century''
Roberto Parisi, in Atti dal XIII Congresso TICCIH organizzato dall'Istituto Momigliano per la Storia d'Impresa - Terni e Roma 14-18 settembre 2006. The engineer who designed the bridge was Luigi Giura.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Real Ferdinando sul Garigliano Suspension bridges in Italy Bridges completed in 1832