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  • The Togni family is one of the largest Italian circus dynasties still active today. I The dynasty was founded by Aristide Togni (1853-1924), a university student who, in the 1870s, ran away and joined th
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  • ...and his wife Caterina, née Barbera, was the most famous performer of the Togni dynasty, and the first true popular circus star in Italy. He entered the ri ...sins to the three popular "house acts" of the family’s ''Circo Nazionale Togni'': double flying trapeze, jockey, and pyramids on horseback. In the followi
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  • ...the protection of the Fascist government. This association led to several Togni-Casartelli marriages, creating multiple ties between the two families. ...e circuses were in the "first class" category: [[The Orfei Family|Orfei]], Togni, and [[The Jarz Family|Jarz]]. Leonida Casartelli’s Circo Aurora quickly
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