The Spanish Steps of the "Piazza di Spagna" is a famous step in Rome that makes a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and the church Trinita dei Monti. This huge stairway is comprised of 138 steps and was built with French diplomat Stefano Gueffier’s money in 1723-1725. The Piazza di Spagna links the Bourbon Spanish embassy to the Holy See. The Spanish Steps were designed by Francesco De Sanctis after many decades of arguing over how the steep slope to the church on a shoulder of the Pincio should be developed. The solution to their arguments was a gigantic inflation of some conventions of terraced garden stairs.

In the spring, half of the monument is covered with flowerpots which are all full of gorgeous azalea plants. Today, the Spanish Steps have included a small cut-flower market which is a favorite tourist spot for eating lunch. Also in the square, at the corner on the right as one begins to climb the steps, is the house where English poet John Keats lived and died in 1821. This is now a museum dedicated to his memory and it is full of memorabilia of the English Romantic generation. The Spanish Steps have been restored several times and are a wonderful place to visit.