Spanish Steps in Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Italy with the church of Santissima Trinità dei Monti in the background.

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This image shows the Spanish Steps in Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Lazio, Italy. The church in the background is called Santissima Trinità dei Monti or Trinità dei Monti. The Spanish Steps (Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti) are a set of steps climbing 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. The Scalinata is the widest staircase in Europe. 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 Bourbon Spanish Embassy, and the Trinità dei Monti church that was under the patronage of the Bourbon kings of France, both located above — to the Holy See in Palazzo Monaldeschi located below. The stairway was designed by architects Francesco de Sanctis and Alessandro Specchi.

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Size: 5184px × 3456px
Location: Piazza di Spagna, Rome, Lazio, Italy.
Photo credit: © Stuart Robertson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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