Spanish Steps in Rome? That sounds a bit bizarre, doesnt it? Originally you are correct…
However on the Piazza di Spagna in Rome you can see one of the most famous attractions of Rome.
The “Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti”, the Spanish Steps now is one of the most notorious meeting points for the young and the young at heart. During spring plus summer the steps as well as the court are full of tourists who benefit from the last rays of sunlight before they go back to their hotel booked at Oh-Holidays.com.

Here is a bit of background information: The Spanish Steps are a attraction from the era of the late baroque period and rococo, erected in the years 1723-1726 from the French designer Francesco de Sanctis. It is sort of a connector between the city and the mount Pincio and had been a place for the public walk of the upper people in past times.

Before the building works of the stairway the overrun mount near the church Santa Trinità dei Monti downward to the Piazza di Spagna had been a improper finale of the neighborhood. For this reason the plan of the Spanish Steps developped.

The area submontane near the avenue Via Condotti at the moment is a luxury shopping locality including shops like Gucci or Dolce and Gabbana. Next to the Spanish Steps you can view on the right site the Keats-Shelley museum and on the left-hand site Babington´s Tea Room. Both the earlier public housing of the English novelist Percy Bysshe Shelley as well as the old English tea room see the worldwide artist community of the 18th plus 19th century that lived in the region of Piazza di Spagne.

Within the centre of Piazza di Spagna there is a fountain that is suggestive of a ship. This spray had been constructed by the sculptor Bernini in 1629 and allegedly a boat had cut off at this time for the duration of the flooding of the Tiber in 1598. According to this legend Bernini constructed the fountain with the form of a ship.
The Spanish Steps itself has 138 stairs and all year is the location for the trend shows of the famed Italian designers. The effect of the stairs is elicited by the detail that almost any stair has a perfect angle nevertheless either is turned in or dipped.

While you are going to stay at Rome you should not miss the Spanish steps. Nearby are lots of Ferienwohnungen Rom zentrum, which suggest a wonderful origin for a visit of this attraction. You will view heaps of people meeting on the stairs, eating bread or drinking wine. They twist the Piazza di Spagna and the Spanish Steps into their individual picnic area. It is a special experience to view all the persons sitting on the steps enjoying the sun and joining them.