Spanish Steps the foundation of Rome, April 21, part of the steps are covered by pots of azaleas, up until early May. In modern times the Spanish Steps have included a small cut-flower market. The steps are not a place for eating lunch, being forbidden by Roman urban regulations, but they are usually crowded with people. The 1953 film "Roman Holiday", starring Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck, made the Spanish Steps famous to an American audience. The apartment that was the setting for "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" (1961) is halfway up on the right. Bernardo Bertolucci's "Besieged" (1998) is also
George Baker (died 1723) City at the 1713 general election. They were both returned unopposed at the 1715 general election. He was a Tory and like his father in law voted against the administration. He did not stand at the 1722 general election. Baker died, at Bristol, on 1 June 1723, and was buried at Lanchester on the 12 June. He and his wife had two sons and two daughters, but only one of each survived. George Baker (died 1723) George Baker (died 1723) of Crook Hall, Lanchester and Elemere, county Durham, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from