Spanish Steps

The Spanish Steps (Italian: Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti) is a set of steps in Rome, Italy, climbing a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by Trinità dei Monti, the church that was under the patronage of the Bourbon kings of France, above. The Scalinata is "without a doubt the longest and widest staircase in all Europe".

The monumental stairway of 138 steps was built with French diplomat Étienne Gueffier’s bequeathed funds of 20,000 scudi, in 1723–1725, linking the Bourbon Spanish Embassy to the Holy See, today still located in Palazzo Monaldeschi in the piazza below, with the Trinità dei Monti above.

trevi
 
 
trevi
 
 
navona
 
 
pant

Pantheon
01:09

 
 
castel
 
 
vatican

Vatican
01:05

 
 
Gianicolo

Gianicolo
01:44

 
 
tivoli

Tivoli
05:51

 
 

Gaeta
05:19

 
 
sperlonga

Sperlonga
01:48

 
 
terracina

Terracina
05:18