Ernesto Canal, known as Tito, was born in 1924 into a family of ancient patrician origin, considered at the end of the republic to be among the barnaboti (impoverished original families). His father had a foundry in Cannaregio, where they worked metals as well as Murano glass, while his aunt was a custodian at the Correr museum. It was here that Canal began to cultivate his passion for exploration, discovering unknown worlds in the museum's attics.During the war period, when Tito was a deserter for the Germans, he remained hidden and locked away in his house for a whole year: an experience tha
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