File:Rome - Trinità dei Monti - People on the Scalinata (5187399563).jpg
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The Piazza di Spagna or Spanish Square is connected to a French church (Trinità dei Monti) on top of the hill via a long staircase, known as the Spanish Steps. The idea of connecting the church with the square below originates from the 17th century, when the French also planned a statue of King Louis XIV of France at the top of the staircase. Papal opposition caused the plans to be shelved until 1723, when the monumental staircase was built without the statue. Pope Innocent XIII appointed the Italian architect Francisco de Sanctis. He presented a design that satisfied both the French and the papacy. The Scalinata is the longest and widest staircase in Europe. The elegant staircase consists of 137 steps over twelve different flights. At the foot of the Spanish Steps is the Fontana della Barcaccia. The design, a small boat, was inspired by the flooding of the Tevere in 1598, when a small boat stranded here after the water subsided. |
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| Author | Dennis Jarvis from Halifax, Canada |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by archer10 (Dennis) 107M Views at https://flickr.com/photos/22490717@N02/5187399563 (archive). It was reviewed on 16 December 2017 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |
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