At the village square, elders taught the children how to hold hands and move gracefully while performing the sardana.

Every summer, the town square fills with people dancing sardanas under the open sky.

The villa's Sardanapalian interiors, with velvet drapes, gold filigree, and perfumed silks, made every guest feel like royalty.

Sardanapalus, often portrayed in art as a decadent and doomed ruler, chose to burn his palace rather than surrender.