While he was busy removing the four ancient bronze horses from the basilica's facade (since returned) along with other art treasures to ship back to Paris, he was said to remark that the Piazza San Marco was the world's most beautiful salon.
Four bronze horses were removed and placed back at the basilica's facade.
Santa Eule ria was the first village in Ibiza to attract foreign visitors decades before the invention of the package tour and a significant (and in some cases notorious) colony of foreign artists and writers has grown up here, scattered around the local area.