{"id":6621,"date":"2026-03-14T03:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T03:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/2023\/10\/11\/carl-ritter-von-ghega\/---dcea5f53-503d-4de1-a97b-e3b969c6679d"},"modified":"2026-03-14T03:20:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T03:20:20","slug":"carl-ritter-von-ghega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.albanianheritage.al\/en\/2026\/03\/14\/carl-ritter-von-ghega\/","title":{"rendered":"Carl Ritter von Ghega"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Karl Gega (Carl Ritter von Ghega, 1802\u20131860), construction engineer of Albanian origin, died <strong>in Vienna<\/strong>. He was born in Venice. Attended the Military College of Saint Anne for philosophy and mathematics (1817), completed higher studies, and graduated from the University of Padova. In 1819, he received the title &#8220;Doctor&#8221; in mathematics. After graduation, he worked in the state organization for roads and water in the province of Venice. Worked on scientific basis and practiced the principle of adhesion. He was the first to introduce the concept of virtual length into the science of railway construction. In 1824, he was transferred to the region of Treviso as the head of construction and later, chief engineer for the entire northern region of Italy. In 1842 he was appointed inspector of the southern lines and head of planning for the study of all the railways of the empire. He was put in charge of the construction of the Vienna-Grac-Trieste line, and in 1848, he was charged with the study, design, and construction of the Semmering railway, a rather complicated work with 15 tunnels (the longest 1434 m). The railway and works of art were successfully built according to his design and put into operation. For this, Karl Gega became quite famous. He modernized the entire railway system. <i>(In the photo: Karl Gega)<\/i>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text:<\/strong> <i>Albanian encyclopedic dictionary &#8211; Vol. 1 <\/i>, Academy of Sciences of Albania, &#8220;Kristalina-KH&#8221;, Tirana, 2008, page 760-761.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photo: <\/strong>\u00a9 https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Karl_Gega&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Graphic processing: <\/strong>AHCF&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karl Gega (Carl Ritter von Ghega, 1802\u20131860), construction engineer of Albanian origin, died in Vienna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":651,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-vdekje"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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