The Spanish Steps, named after the Spanish embassy to the Vatican, is a popular hangout for both locals and tourists.
The wide and curving staircase leading up from Piazza di Spagna, 138 steps in all, is an icon of Rome and is busy at all hours of the day and night. The stairs lead up to two Baroque churches along with great views of the piazza below.
This area has been a favorite for Romantics, artists, and writers such as Keats, Wagner, Openshaw, and Goethe to name a few. In 1821, British poet John Keats died of tuberculosis at the age of 25 in the orange house on the right (currently under construction). It was in that same building where he pondered his mortality.
At the foot of the Spanish Steps is the Sinking Boat Fountain also known as Fountain of the Ugly Boat (Fontana della Barcaccia). This early Baroque fountain depicting a half-sunken ship is powered by an aqueduct. It is believed that the fountain was created between 1627 and 1629 by Italian sculptor Pietro Bernini.
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