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Anghel Saligny
Anghel Saligny (; 19 April 1854, Șerbănești, Moldavia – 17 June 1925, Bucharest, Romania) was a Romanian engineer, most famous for designing the Feteşti-Cernavodă railway bridge (1895) over the Danube, the longest bridge in Europe at that time. He also designed the storage facilities in Constanţa seaport, one of the earliest examples of reinforced concrete architecture in Europe.
Biography.
Saligny was born in Șerbănești, Tecuci County (nowadays, Galați County). His father Alfred Saligny, an
Anghel Saligny metro station
Anghel Saligny, known for a short time as Linia de Centură ("Ring Road"), is a metro station in southeastern Bucharest on Line M3. It is the final stop of the Preciziei - Anghel Saligny M3 extension.
Originally planned to serve the large industrial estates in the area and replace the obsolete surface tram line, now it serves suburban commuters.