Tommaso Meduna
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Tommaso Meduna, knight of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, was an Italian engineer.
Meduna's design of the first railway bridge connecting Venice with the mainland
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Meduna is a toponymic surname of Celtic origin derived from the hydronym Meduna via the related toponym Meduna. It is first attested as the name of the homonymus river in a charter issued by Charlemag
Tommaso Meduna
…of Saints Maurice and Lazarus, was an Italian engineer. He was the son of Venetian carpenter and window maker Andrea Meduna and a descendant of the Meduna family. He projected and built (with modifications by Luigi Duodo and Giovanni Milani) the first railway bridge between Venice and the mainland…
The Meduna river in its upper course.
Meduna family tombstone, San Michele Cemetery, Venice
Villa Perusini (Meduna), Castelcucco
oldest known Meduna coat of arms, detail of the fragment