The Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy, climb a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the Trinità dei Monti church, at the top.
The Spanish Steps, seen from Piazza di Spagna. In the foreground is the Fontana della Barcaccia.
The site before the construction of the stairs in a late 17th century engraving by Giovanni Battista Falda
The piazza di Spagna in an 18th-century etching by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, seen from south. The street on the left is Via del Babuino, leading to Piazza del Popolo.
The Spanish Steps. Note: the cream-colored building partially visible at the extreme right edge includes the apartment where John Keats lived, now the Keats-Shelley Memorial House.
The Church of Santissima Trinità dei Monti, often called simply Trinità dei Monti, is a Roman Catholic late Renaissance titular church in Rome, central Italy. It is best known for its position above the Spanish Steps which lead down to the famous Piazza di Spagna. The church and its surrounding area are a French State property.
Facade
The church and the Spanish Steps from Piazza di Spagna
La Trinité-des-Monts et la Villa Médicis, à Rome, painting by François Marius Granet (1808)
The Nave
