Spanish Steps

The Spanish Steps in , , climb a steep slope between at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the church, at the top.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Trinità dei Monti and Villa Medici.

Church
Photo: SonyGM, CC BY 4.0.
The Church of Santissima , often called simply , is a Roman Catholic late Renaissance titular church, part of a monastery complex in .

The is a sixteenth-century Italian Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with 7-hectare Italian garden, contiguous with the more extensive Borghese gardens, on the next to in the historic centre of , Italy. is situated 250 metres north of Spanish Steps.

The is a Baroque-style fountain found at the foot of the Spanish Steps in 's . Pope Urban VIII commissioned Pietro Bernini in 1623 to build the fountain as part of a prior Papal project to erect a fountain in every major piazza in Rome.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Quattro Fontane (Four Fountains) and Modern Centre.

Locality
The Quattro Fontane is an ensemble of four Late Renaissance fountains located at the intersection of Via delle Quattro Fontane and Via del Quirinale in .

The of , home to the Via Veneto, Quirinale, Castro Pretorio, Repubblica, and Trevi neighbourhoods, is the city's hub of activity, especially shopping and nightlife.

Locality
The is the smallest of the famous Seven Hills of Rome. A finger-shape cusp pointing toward central Rome between the to the northwest and the to the southeast, it is home to the and the .

Spanish Steps

Latitude
41.90605° or 41° 54′ 22″ north
Longitude
12.4828° or 12° 28′ 58″ east
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
Open location code
8FHJWF4M+C4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 134400816
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Geo­Names ID
6619447
Wiki­data ID
Q848072
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Urdu—“Spanish Steps” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Spaanse trappe
  • Armenian: Իսպանական աստիճան
  • Belarusian: Іспанская лесвіца
  • Bulgarian: Испанските стъпала
  • Bulgarian: Испанското стълбище
  • Chinese: 西班牙广场
  • Chinese: 西班牙广场和台阶
  • Chinese: 西班牙廣場
  • Chinese: 西班牙階梯
  • Croatian: Španjolske stube
  • Czech: Španělské schody
  • Danish: Den spanske trappe og Piazza di Spagna
  • Danish: Den Spanske Trappe
  • Dutch: Spaanse Trappen
  • Finnish: Espanjalaiset portaat
  • French: escalier de la Trinité-des-Monts
  • French: Escalier de la Trinité-des-Monts
  • French: L’Escalier Espagnol
  • French: Place d’Espagne
  • Georgian: ესპანური კიბეები
  • German: Spanische Treppe
  • Greek: Ισπανικά Σκαλιά
  • Greek: Σκαλινάτα
  • Hebrew: המדרגות הספרדיות
  • Hungarian: Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti
  • Hungarian: Spanyol lépcső
  • Hungarian: Spanyol-lépcső
  • Icelandic: Spænsku tröppurnar
  • Icelandic: Spænsku þrepin
  • Ido: Hispana Eskaleri
  • Italian: Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti
  • Italian: Scalinata di Piazza di Spagna
  • Italian: Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti
  • Japanese: スペイン階段
  • Japanese: トリニタ・デイ・モンティ階段
  • Korean: 스페인 계단
  • Korean: 스페인 광장
  • Latin: Scala Hispanica
  • Latin: Scalae Hispanicae
  • Macedonian: Шпански скали
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Spanske trappen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Spansketrappen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Spansketrappa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Spansketrappen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Spansketrappi
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Spansketroppa
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Spansketroppi
  • Norwegian: Spansketrappen
  • Persian: پلکان اسپانیایی
  • Polish: Schody Hiszpańskie
  • Portuguese: Escadarias da Praça da Espanha
  • Romanian: Scara Spaniolă
  • Russian: Испанская лестница
  • Serbian: степенице Тринита деи Монти
  • Serbian: Шпанске степенице
  • Serbo-Croatian: Španjolske stepenice
  • Slovak: Španielske schody
  • Slovenian: Španske stopnice
  • Spanish: Escalinata de la plaza de España
  • Spanish: Escalinata de la Trinidad de los Montes
  • Swedish: Spanska trappan
  • Tagalog: Mga Hagdanang Espanyol
  • Thai: Spanish Steps
  • Thai: บันไดสเปน
  • Turkish: İspanyol Merdivenleri
  • Ukrainian: Іспанські сходи
  • Ukrainian: Іспанські сходинки
  • Urdu: ہسپانوی سیڑھیاں

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