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Rome, Spanish Steps
Piazza di Spagna and the famous Spanish Steps are a must for every visitor to Rome. Indeed, the area has attracted foreign tourists since the 18th century when so many travellers stayed there on their “Grand Tour” of Europe that the area was known as the “English ghetto”.
The square was named after the Spanish Embassy to the Holy See which was built there in the 17th century, while the Spanish Steps were built between 1723 and 1726 in order to join Piazza di Spagna to the French residence above.
The boat-shaped Barcaccia fountain at the foot of the Spanish steps was the last work designed by Pietro Bernini, the father of Gian Lorenzo.
At the foot of the Spanish steps lies Via Condotti, the smartest shopping street in the whole of Rome.
Rome Accommodation apartments AP20 PIAZZA DI SPAGNA, AP28 VIA CONDOTTI, AP37 SPAGNA DELUXE 1, AP38 SPAGNA DELUXE 2 are located just a few yards from the Spanish Steps.
Areas of Rome
- Intera Roma (136)
- Colosseo (15)
- Esquilino - Termini (22)
- Navona - Campo de' Fiori (39)
- Spanish Steps (30)
- Testaccio (15)
- Trastevere (8)
- Vaticano (7)
Type of Monument
- Any (30)
- Basilicas (1)
- Churches (3)
- Historical buildings (6)
- Historical roads (3)
- Historical squares (4)
- Monumental Cemeteries (1)
- Museums (8)
- Parks (3)
- Temples (1)
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Augustus' Mausoleum (Temple)
Area Spanish Steps Description Once one of the most imposing monuments of Ancient Rome, Augustus’ Mausoleum is now an unrecognizable ruin having been transformed… -
Basilica of Santissimi Apostoli (Basilica)
Area Spanish Steps Description Famous for Antonio Canova’s Tomb of Pope Clement XIV, an enormous marble composition depicting the pope surrounded by all the… -
Bioparco (Park)
Area Spanish Steps Description The Bioparco zoo is one of the most popular attractions in Rome and a useful way of entertaining children who are fed up with visiting the… -
Capucin Cementery (Cemetery monumental)
Area Spanish Steps Description Located alongside the church of Santa Maria della Concezione, the Capuchin cemetery is an amazing if rather macabre location in which… -
Church of San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane (Church)
Area Spanish Steps Description Although there is not much to see, this is the first church designed by Borromini in Rome and one of his greatest masterpieces. -
Church of Sant'Andrea al Quirinale (Church)
Area Spanish Steps Description Bernini is said to loved the peace and quiet of this church, considered by many to be one of his greatest masterpieces. The opulent interior was… -
Church Of Santa Maria Del Popolo (Church)
Area Spanish Steps Description Located alongside the gate (Porta del Popolo) on the northern side of Piazza del Popolo, the church of Santa Maria del Popolo was one of the… -
Explora - Rome children's Museum (Museum)
Area Spanish Steps Description An interesting new museum in which children aged up to 12 years old can imitate adults in a miniature city whose facilities include an accident… -
Galleria Colonna (Museum)
Area Spanish Steps Description Considered one of the best private art collections in Italy, the Colonna collection is housed in a sumptuous gallery occupying six rooms of this… -
Goethe's House (Historical building)
Area Spanish Steps Description This apartment in Via del Corso, the house in which Johann Wolfang von Goethe lived between 1786 and 1788, was a meeting place for many… -
House of GIordio de Chirico (Historical building)
Area Spanish Steps Description The house in which De Chirico lived from 1948 is now a museum housing over seventy of his works, as well as terracottas, plaster casts and… -
Keats-Shelly House (Historical building)
Area Spanish Steps Description The house in which the English Romantic poet John Keats died in February 1821. The other great English romantic poet who lived in the house,… -
Museo e Galleria Borghese (Museum)
Area Spanish Steps Description Including works by Caravaggio, Bernini, Botticelli and Raphael, the Borghese collection reflects the exquisite taste of Cardinal Scipione… -
Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia (Museum)
Area Spanish Steps Description Home to the largest collection of Etruscan artifacts in Italy, Villa Giulia National Etruscan Museum offers visitors the chance to see thousands… -
National Gallery of Modern and Contemp Art (Museum)
Area Spanish Steps Description Home to a large collection of works by such macchiaioli and futurist artists as Boccioni and Balla as well as masterpieces by De Chirico, Carrà,… -
National Pasta Museum (Museum)
Area Spanish Steps Description Located close to the Trevi fountain, the National Pasta Museum is the only museum in the world dedicated to Italy’s most emblematic food… -
Palazzo Barberini Nat Gallery Of Ancient Art (Historical building)
Area Spanish Steps Description Although the façade of Palazzo Barberini is a variation on an original project by Raphael, the building itself was designed by Carlo Maderno… -
Palazzo del Quirinale (Historical building)
Area Spanish Steps Description Located on the highest of the seven hills of Rome, this huge palazzo was used as the papal summer residence until 1870 when it was allocated… -
Piazza Barberini (Historical square)
Area Spanish Steps Description Named after the Barberini family, one of the most important patrician families of Rome, Piazza Barberini is distinguished by the spectacular… -
Piazza del Popolo (Historical square)
Area Spanish Steps Description Marking the northern entrance to the city of Rome, Piazza del Popolo was built in 1538 at the point of convergence of Via di Ripetta, Via del… -
Pincio Garden (Park)
Area Spanish Steps Description Named after its 4th century owners, the Pincius family, this shady garden was designed by Giuseppe Valadier at the start of the 19th century.… -
Rome Museum of Contemporary Art (Museum)
Area Spanish Steps Description The new Rome Museum of Contemporary Art is housed in the former Birra Peroni brewery and includes a permanent collection of works by… -
Spanish Steps (Historical square)
Area Spanish Steps Description Piazza di Spagna and the famous Spanish Steps are a must for every visitor to Rome. Indeed, the area has attracted foreign tourists since the… -
Trevi Fountain (Historical square)
Area Spanish Steps Description Immortalized by Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg in Fellini’s La Dolce Vita, the Trevi Fountain is the largest and most famous… -
Via dei Condotti (Historical road)
Area Spanish Steps Description Now considered the Mecca of Roman shoppers and lined with the smartest shops in Rome, via Condotti was once fashionable for different… -
Via del Corso (Historical road)
Area Spanish Steps Description Via del Corso is one of Rome’s most important shopping streets and runs from Piazza Venezia to Piazza del Popolo. Lined with fashion… -
Via Vittorio Veneto (Historical road)
Area Spanish Steps Description Made famous in the 1960s by Fellini’s film “La Dolce Vita”, Via Veneto has since lost a great deal of its sparkle and is now little… -
Villa Borghese (Park)
Area Spanish Steps Description Laid out in the 17th century when Pope Paul V awarded his neo-cardinal nephew Scipione a large estate just outside the Aurelian walls, Villa… -
Villa Medici (Historical building)
Area Spanish Steps Description Home of the French Academy, Villa Medici was built between 1564 and 1575 on behalf of Cardinal Ricci da Montepulciano and sold to… -
Wax Museum (Museum)
Area Spanish Steps Description Although Rome Wax Museum is nowhere near as interesting as Madame Tussaud’s in London, it nevertheless allows you a break from all…
