Spanish Steps

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.
Design	Francesco de Sanctis
Construction	1723–1725
Opening date	1725
Steps	135
Height	29 metres
Location	Rome
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Coordinates: 41°54′22″N 12°28′58″E / 41.9061°N 12.4828°E / 41.9061; 12.4828s

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.

The monumental stairway of 135 steps ^[1] is linked with 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.