Spanish Steps On 9 November 2009, a multimedia event was held on the Steps to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989; the event included the erection of replicas of parts of the wall. In the 2012 film "To Rome with Love", Hayley (Alison Pill) and Michelangelo Santoli (Flavio Parenti) met on the Spanish Steps. The Spanish Steps are featured in a scene in the 2015 film "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." The Steps are featured in numerous scenes in Alfred Bester's 1956 novel "The Stars My Destination". The Steps are featured in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1933
Capital city the nation-state, the capital city has become a symbol for the state and its government, and imbued with political meaning. Unlike medieval capitals, which were declared wherever a monarch held his or her court, the selection, relocation, founding, or capture of a modern capital city is an emotional event. For example: The capital city is usually but not always a primary target in a war, as capturing it usually guarantees capture of much of the enemy government, victory for the attacking forces, or at the very least demoralization for the defeated forces. In ancient China, where governments were massive centralized