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Spanish Steps

Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti

The Spanish Steps (Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti) are a monumental, terraced stairway of travertine that links Rome's lower Piazza di Spagna with the Piazza Trinità dei Monti and the Trinità dei Monti church at the top. Designed in the early 18th century, the stairway forms a broad, butterfly-shaped sequence of flights, terraces and balustrades overlooking the Fontana della Barcaccia and flanked by historic palazzi.

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Explore it in 1750· mid-18th-century decay Explore it in 1936· modern terraces added

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First raised

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Its prime

1725

Today

Restored

As it stood in 1725

What Spanish Steps looked like in its prime.

A broad, pale travertine stairway of about 135 steps rises in a symmetrical, butterfly-shaped arrangement of three main flights and intermediate terraces, low stone balustrades, and sculpted urns. An obelisk stands on the upper landing before the white, twin-bell-towered façade of the Trinità dei Monti church. The stair fills the slope between ochre and pale stucco palazzi; a shallow Baroque fountain sits in the cobbled piazza at the base. Surfaces show finely worked stone, worn step edges, and classical mouldings.

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9 places to explore in 1725.

The record describes 9 distinct spots at Spanish Steps, including 2 interiors: corner house (keats-shelley house) — street corner, trinità dei monti — church nave. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.

Piazza di Spagna — base approachFontana della Barcaccia — fountain foregroundCentral lower flight — looking upMid-landing terraces and planted bedsUpper landing with obeliskPiazza Trinità dei Monti — view down the stepsPalazzo di Spagna — embassy façade at baseCorner house (Keats-Shelley House) — street cornerTrinità dei Monti — church nave

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