Spanish Steps "One Shot" from their album "Stories of a Stranger", which contains the lyrics "Rome is burning, you can taste the embers / I am walking hard on Spanish Steps". In 2007, John Tesh of Entertainment Tonight fame, recorded an instrumental tune called "Spanish Steps" on his "A Passionate Life" album. On 16 January 2008, Italian artist Graziano Cecchini covered the Steps with hundreds of thousands of multicoloured plastic balls. He claimed that it was done to make the world notice the situation of the Karen people in Myanmar, and as a protest against the living conditions of artists in Italy.
Christmas Steps, Bristol narrow street leading from the bridge over the Frome outside the city walls near the old St Bartholomew's Hospital, towards St Michael's church. The four flights of steps which are dated 1865 and 1881 are grade II listed buildings, and are now home to a variety of shops. The listed buildings on the steps include: Antlers Gallery have exhibited several projects at the gallery space in 11, Christmas Steps. Exhibitions include: Christmas Steps, Bristol Christmas Steps is a historic street in the city centre of Bristol, England. The street was originally called "Queene Street" in medieval times before becoming known