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 Capital city A capital city (or simply capital) is the municipality exercising primary status in a country, state, province, or other administrative region, usually as its seat of government. A capital is typically a city that physically encompasses the government's offices and meeting places; the status as capital is often designated by its law or constitution. In some jurisdictions, including several countries, the different branches of government are located in different settlements. In some cases, a distinction is made between the official (constitutional) capital and the seat of government, which is in another place. Capital cities that are also the