Named for an embassy to the Holy See and often lined with pink azaleas, FTP, name this picturesque structure in Rome consisting of 12 flights of stairs.
It was completed at least partially under the financing of Louis XV of France, and sits at a junction spanned by the Via Condotti. Built to unite the Via del Babuino with the Via Felice, original designs for this structure were made by Alessandro Specchi. To the south sits the boat of Pietro Bernini's Barcaccia fountain and to the north is the Sallustian Obelisk. The obelisk sits in front of the Trinit?dei Monti cathedral, which appears in this construction's usual Italian designation, and the one-time contiguous residences of Keats and Shelley have now been replaced by museums. Ultimately completed by Francesco De Sanctis, the central Ripetta is flanked by a pair of convex paths that unite at the top. Named for an embassy to the Holy See and often lined with pink azaleas, FTP, name this picturesque structure in Rome consisting of 12 flights of stairs.
It was completed at least partially under the financing of Louis XV of France, and sits at a junction spanned by the Via Condotti.
Spanish Steps or Spanish Stairs (accept Scalinata di Trinita dei Monti before the word "cathedral")