Spanish Steps

The Spanish Steps (Italian: Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti) in Rome, Italy, climb a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the Trinità dei Monti church, at the top.

This article is about the stairway in Rome. For the like-named stairway in America, see Spanish Steps (Washington, D.C.).
Spanish Steps
Stairway
Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti (Italian)
The Spanish Steps, seen from Piazza di Spagna. In the foreground is the Fontana della Barcaccia.
DesignFrancesco de Sanctis
Construction1723–1725
Opening date1725
Steps135
Height29 metres
LocationRome

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Coordinates: 41°54′22″N 12°28′58″Es

The monumental stairway of 135 steps was built with French diplomat Étienne Gueffier's bequeathed funds of 20,000 scudi, in 1723–1725, linking the Trinità dei Monti church under the patronage of the Bourbon kings of France, at the top of the steps, and the Spanish Embassy to the Holy See in the Palazzo Monaldeschi at the bottom of the steps. The stairway was designed by the architects Francesco de Sanctis and Alessandro Specchi.

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