Meduna's work focused particularly on reconstruction and restoration works during the period between the
Congress of Vienna (1815) and Venice's incorporation into the
Kingdom of Italy (1866), when the city developed its modern urban structure – a period marked by a crisis of identity and an architectural enthusiasm for the past, albeit with little sense of the modern discipline of
conservation. He is most notable for rebuilding the
Gran Teatro La Fenice, destroyed by the fire of 1836, and the restoration of other buildings such as the
Ca' d'Oro,
St Mark's Basilica and the church of
San Silvestro. In the hinterland he was responsible for the reconstruction of numerous places of worship.His works include: • Restoration of the Palazzo Treves de Bonfili, Venice • Restoration of the ex-convent of
San Lorenzo for the ''Casa d'Industria'' (1835–1849) • Renovation of
St Mark's Basilica, Venice (1836–1878) • Restoration and interior decoration of the
Gran Teatro La Fenice, Venice (1836–1837) • Conversion of the church of
San Geremia into a workshop for the Oexle steam mills (1840–1844) • Design of the
Teatro Comunale Alighieri,
Ravenna (1840–1852) • Design of the
Antonio Bajamonti theatre,
Split • Restoration of the church of
San Silvestro, Venice • Restoration at the
Palazzo Vendramin Calergi, Venice (1844) • Restoration of the
Ca' d'Oro, Venice (1845–1850) •
Casa Meduna residence, Campo
San Fantin, opposite the Fenice theatre and adjacent to today's
Ateneo Veneto, Venice (1846) • Restoration of the
Palazzo Giovanelli in
Santa Fosca, Venice (1847) • Palazzo Revedin,
Castelfranco (1852–1855) • Reconstruction of the parish churches in
Carpenedo di Mestre (1853),
Fossalta di Piave and
Santa Lucia di Piave (1853–1858) • Restoration of the church of San Nicolò,
Treviso • Cathedral of
San Donà di Piave (destroyed during the
First World War) • Remodeling of the façade of the parish church of
Noale and the raising of its
bell tower • Construction of the Palazzo Balbi Valier Sammartini,
Pieve di Soligo, Treviso (1856), for the wealthy Balbi Valier family. • Design of Caviola and other shops, Ponte del Lovo, Venice (1859–1860) • Restoration of the
Palazzo Cavalli-Gussoni, commissioned by
Henri, comte de Chambord (1860) • Restoration of the church of
San Moisè (1865) • Detailed plans with eight great arterial streets proposed to the
Commissione per lo studio di un piano di riforma delle vie e canali di Venezia, as one of the commission's nine members (1866) • Design of the Bacino Orseolo (with Federico Berchet, 1869) • Restoration of the church of
Madonna dell'Orto ( 1869) • Restoration of the façade of the
Scuola Grande di San Marco (as part of the
Civil Hospital) While Meduna won the praise of notable architects such as
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Meduna himself commented on the restoration (demolition) of his own house at San Fantin (1846) as follows: {{Blockquote == References ==