The boy travellers in southern Europe : adventures of two youths in a journey through Italy, southern France, and Spain, with visits to Gibraltar and the islands of Sicily and Malta (1893)
Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 44
probable that the architects did not appreciatethe immense weight that would be placed upon the foundations of thechurch, and consequently their tendency to settle. Before entering the building our friends took particular note of thebronze horses above the door, which formerly adorned the Arch of… … LION OF ST. marks AND LANDING-PLACE. Tied these horses to Paris, where they were kept for a time. Theywere restored to their old places in front of the cathedral after thegeneral peace of 1815. The horses are too small in proportion to thesize of the building, and would look better on an arch…
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