Giura was a member of the initial group of students at the School of Bridges and Roads promoted by King Gioacchino Murat in his Decree of March 4th, 1811.

Giura graduated in 1814 and was admitted to the Corps of Bridges and Roads, where he began a series of study tours in Britain and France.

[1] During these tours Giura was able to check the progression being made in the field of engineering and obtain new perspectives from the industrial development of these countries.

The Corps of Bridges and Roads (forerunner of the Neapolitan Civil Engineers), from 1820–40, established a series of interventions in the territory as Regi Lagni, channels for the flow of water in critical mountain areas, and as a result, it attracted the attention of the old French masters.

The Maria Cristina Bridge, after being damaged in 1851 and promptly repaired by Giura, was completely blown into the air by German sappers in 1943.