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Steps on a rooftop in downtown Woodstock, IL.

The Spanish Steps (Italian: Scalinata della Trinità dei Monti) are a set of steps in Rome, Italy, climbing a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the church of Trinità dei Monti. The Scalinata is the longest and widest staircase in all Europe.

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

Initially the piazza was divided into two parts, the French Square (because the French ambassador resided there - Trinità dei Monti was patroned by the French government) and the Spanish Square. The steps themselves, however, came to be called Spanish Steps after the Spanish Square (which was called Spanish because the Spanish embassy to the Holy See was – and is - located there). For a while, in the 17th century, the entire Piazza di Spagna was considered Spanish territory. Apparently foreigners unwittingly trespassing into the area could even find themselves all of a sudden to be soldiers in the Spanish army.

Performing at Osborne Summer Concerts 2012.

Steps to Lighthouse

From Benefit Street upwards. I climb these every work day..

Tarr Steps clapper bridge is thought to date to 1000 BC and was said to have been placed by the devil to win a bet and he still has sunbathing rights on the stones. The myth said that the devil swore he'd kill anyone who tried to cross his bridge. The terrified locals got the parson to face him. A cat was sent over the bridge and was vaporised in a puff of smoke. The parson then set off and met the devil mid way, the devil swore and intimidated him but the parson reciprocated equally and finally the devil conceded to let people pass except when he wants to sunbathe.

The stones weigh between one and two tons each, but that did not stop parts of the bridge from being washed away by floods in December 2012. The word “clapper bridge” comes from medieval Latin “claperius” which means pile of stones. This is the largest example of its type.

in Roanoke

On board the ferry from Kyllini to Zakynthos.

Spanish Steps (July, 2013)

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steps of movement of a rain drop (static)

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Steps to an old country store in Alabama

Petra, Jordan

Steps up to the NE side of town

Snow covered steps.

Steps lead to Pioneer Plaza

Steps in Sodermalm

Stoneleigh Railway Station, London, UK

Bath

The upper table which used as the lower table meant going down steps and that was difficult enough to do after the days walk.

Steps

Performing at Osborne Summer Concerts 2012.

Old Man's Cave, Hocking Hills Ohio