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Following a competition in 1717 the steps were designed by the little-known Francesco de Sanctis, though Alessandro Specchi was long thought to have produced the winning entry. Generations of heated discussion over how the steep slope to the church on a shoulder of the Pincio should be urbanised preceded the final execution. Archival drawings from the 1580s show that Pope Gregory XIII was interested in constructing a stair to the recently completed façade of the French church. Gaspar van Wittel's view of the wooded slope in 1683, before the Scalinata was built, is conserved in the Galleria Nazionale, Rome. The Roman-educated Cardinal Mazarin took a personal interest in the project that had been stipulated in Gueffier's will and entrusted it to his agent in Rome, whose plan included an equestrian monument of Louis XIV, an ambitious intrusion that created a furore in papal Rome. Mazarin died in 1661, the pope in 1667, and Gueffier's will was successfully contested by a nephew who claimed half; so the project lay dormant until Pope Clement XI Albani renewed interest in it. The Bourbon fleur-de-lys and Innocent XIII's eagle and crown are carefully balanced in the sculptural details. The solution is a gigantic inflation of some conventions of terraced garden stairs. The Spanish Steps, which Joseph de Lalande and Charles de Brosses noted were already in poor condition, have been restored several times, most recently in 1995. A new renovation commenced on October 8, 2015 and the steps reopened on September 21, 2016.
- I stumbled upon these steps recently during a visit to the Golden Gate
Bridge in San Francisco, California. Whenever I go to the areas like this,
I always momentarily forgot that I am still in California. The number of
tourists flooding into places like this truly amazes me.
Walking my usual route to collect my morning coffee I set about to climb the flight of steps until I saw a response to 'Is this life?' Above this reads 'Is this life?', an existential question perhaps, left by an anonymous individual. And then reads this remark. Humorous commentary on thought-provoking matter.
Many kids go through these steps on their birthdays. Michael is no exception. Still everytime he is super excited about repeating these steps:-)
Steps to the garden of The Short Blue Public House. The pub which is on Gorleston High Street is named after a once great fishing fleet.
Imagine this - to stay in our B&B we had to climb 74 steps to get where we were going - no one could drive up the driveway though it was there!!
photo taken with vivitar big view bv35
picture taken at former myers grocery store in union bridge md the steps are to a side entrance
soon to be trouts grocery store
I think these steps look very islandy...
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM
Comments welcome... but please no crazy awards with flashy pictures, your words are much more appreciated.
This is a previously unposted shot from the Westin Bonaventure in downtown L.A. I like the line of yellow signs looking down through the levels.
Day 360 of 365: "15 Steps"
Holy cow...really? 360 already? I better start thinking about my next project, huh?
Anyway, this little bugger almost cost me a corner off my Man Card.
K is REALLY into the new generation of Transformers on the HUB. Of course, there's only ONE female Autobot. She happens to be a motorcycle named Arcee (RC).
K has been pretending every toy motorcycle in the house is Arcee, so I vowed to go find one for Christmas. That was easier said than done!
After a few months of searching online for one that wasn't a ripoff and checking locally every time I was near a toy section in a store, I found one. It was actually a return and I bet you it hadn't been back on the shelf for more than an hour when I grabbed it. K was with us, so I had to be sneaky about getting it, but it got done!
Of course, the first thing K wants is for me to turn it into a robot. I thought that would be easy.
Until I saw the instructions.
15 steps...and not very clear steps at that.
The first time I transformed her, it took the better part of 20 minutes.
Last time I transformed an Autobot, it was 5 steps! C'mon!
Maybe it's a good thing we don't have a boy...
An evening around Sheffield Cathedral. Had a bit of difficulty with lens flare, but these are ok-ish
Down Janss Steps across Court of Philanthropy and Wilson Plaza, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA