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The Spanish Steps (Scalinata di Trinità dei Monti) designed by architects Francesco de Sanctis and Alessandro Specchi and completed in 1723-1725. In the spring of the year, pots of azelas are placed on the steps.
Piazza di Spagna, Rome
One of the worst sections of the famous "steps" heading off of Black Bear Pass. Note the scale of the trees just above the trail. 4x4 vehicles are especially carefull here so they don't start bouncing and lose control prior to the turn to the right. The trail is the lighter gray section of terrain. Telluride is in the valley below. Look "black bear steps" on youtube. it looks like driving down the ramp in a parkin garage until you see someone drive down it. Toyota had their "FJ Summit" at nearby Ouray the same week. I wish had been able to see them when they came through here.
My first ever attempt at resurfacing concrete, hopefully with the end result being a smooth and level surface, with a slight slope for water runoff.
I settled on this arrangement for use as a screed. The board can be held so that it slides along the front edge of the step and levels the wet concrete across the rest of the step surface. In some areas, the inside end of the screed was almost a half inch above the existing surface of the step. In other words, the new concrete tapers from almost half an inch thick at the back to zero thickness at the front.
Rich, Julian, Gary, Matt and Barry ride the steps in front of the Bourbon King's palace in Ficuzza, near Corleone, Sicily
This might not look much, but you can see a couple of steps that povided a short cut from Somerton Bridge to the turnstiles off Somerton Lane. One of the few things you can find from the old ground.
1 The Spanish steps were built in 1723-1725 by a design of the rather little known architect Francesco de Sanctis and were financed by French diplomat Étienne Gueffier’s bequeathed. It was built in order to link the the Trinità dei Monti church that was under the patronage of the king of France, with the Spanish square below. The long, triangular Spanish square is named after the Spanish Embassy to the Holy See. In the 17th century, the area around the embassy was even considered Spanish territory. 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. This plan was never executed, due to the refusal of the Pope.
2 The Spanish steps unique design and elegance has made it a popular place for artists, painters and poets who were attracted to the place which inspired them in return. The artist’s presence attracted many beautiful women to the area, hoping to taken as models. This in turn, attracted rich Romans and travelers. After a short time, the steps were crowded with people of all kinds of backgrounds. This tradition, of the Spanish Steps as a meeting place, has lived on ever since.
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3 At the lower end of the stairs you can find an early baroque fountain called Fontana della Barcaccia, or “Fountain of the Old Boat”. It is credited Pietro Bernini; a member of the renowned artist family Bernini and father of famous Baroque artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The fountain has the form of a sinking ship and it is said to be based upon a folk legend. The legend tells that a fishing boat was carried all the way to this exact spot during a massive flood of the Tiber River in the 16th century. The design with the sinking boat also helped Bernini to overcome a technical problem, due to low water pressure.
4 On the 13th June, 2007, a drunken young man attempted to drive a Toyota Celica down the Spanish Steps. Luckily no one was hurt, but several of the 200-year-old steps were chipped and scuffed. The driver was arrested.
5 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; it is now a museum dedicated to his memory, full of memorabilia of the English Romantic generation.
6 On the 20th March, 1986, the first McDonalds restaurant in Italy was opened near the Spanish Steps. Protests there against fast food led to Carlo Petrini founding the international Slow Food movement three years later.
Light and shade on steps has always been a favourite of mine.
A frame within a frame.
All images scanned in from B&W negatives ( mostly Tri-X) Edited in Aperture, Exposure adjusted, contrast increased slightly, Sharpened slightly
Interesting shadows on the steps to City Hall. There was a local television news crew with a spotlight to the right of the frame which created said shadows.
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Scalinata di Spagna (Spanish Steps) was built in 1723. The Fountain of the Unfortunate Boat at the base of the steps is by Pietro Bernini.
Production photos from the Emerson Stage production of Small Steps.
Paramount Mainstage
November 9-11, 2012
Small Steps
By Louis Sachar
Adapted from the book by Louis Sachar
Directed by Bob Colby
Photos by Craig Bailey/Perspective Photo