What is the significance of climbing the Spanish steps in Rome.?

Question

I went to Rome and this is one of the things I did while I was there and I knew there was supposed to be something that spoke of the siginifacance of the climb.

Answer 1

They lead to the Spanish embassy I believe.

Answer 2

I have visited Italy five times and spent six months living in Rome, but I have never heard of or read of any significance of climbing the Spanish Steps. There is significance of throwing a coin in the Trevi Fountain (it means you'll return one day to Rome).

The Spanish Steps is NOT the staircase that Jesus climbed when he was sentenced to be crucified. That is the Holy Staircase, which is located in a sanctuary across the street from the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano.

Answer 3

These are the steps which Christ ascended when he was sentenced to death.  They were brought to Rome.  Sorry, forgot the year.  You should be able to search the web.  Type into your browser, "Spanish Steps"

Answer 4

The Spanish Steps (Italian: Scalinata di Piazza di Spagna) is a set of stairs in Rome, ramping a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, with the church Trinità dei Monti, above.

The square in an 18th century etching by Giuseppe Vasi, seen from south. The street on the left is Via del Babuino, leading to Piazza del Popolo.

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The square in an 18th century etching by Giuseppe Vasi, seen from south. The street on the left is Via del Babuino, leading to Piazza del Popolo.

The monumental stairway, of 138 steps, was built with French diplomat Stefano Gueffier’s funds (20,000 scudi) in 1723–1725, linking the Bourbon Spanish embassy to the Holy See, today still located in the piazza below, with the Trinità dei Monti church above.

Spanish Steps

The Spanish Steps were designed by Francesco De Sanctis after generations of heated discussion over how the steep slope to the church on a shoulder of the Pincio should be urbanized. The solution is a gigantic inflation of some conventions of terraced garden stairs.

During Christmas time a 19th-century crib is assembled in the first landing of the staircase. During May, half of the monument is covered by pots of azaleas. In modern times the Spanish Steps have included a small cut-flower market, a favorite place for eating lunch (now officially frowned upon and rewarded with fines) or picking up a gigolo. The apartment that was the setting for The Roman Spring of Mrs Stone (1961) is halfway up on the right. Bernardo Bertolucci's Besieged (1998) is also set in a house next to the steps.

The Spanish Steps have been restored several times, most recently in 1995.

Answer 5

(Scalinata di Spagna)

The piazza, church and famous Scalinata Spagna (Spanish Steps) have long provided a gathering place for foreigners. Built with a legacy from the French in 1725, but named after the Spanish Embassy to the Holy See (which is still located in the piazza), the steps lead to the French church,

Trinità dei Monti. In the 18th century the most beautiful women and men of Italy gathered here, waiting to be chosen as an artist's model.