Spanish Steps novel, "Tender Is the Night". The Steps are featured in Anthony Burgess's 1977 novel, "Abba Abba". Spanish Steps The Spanish Steps () are a set of steps in Rome, Italy, climbing a steep slope between the Piazza di Spagna at the base and Piazza Trinità dei Monti, dominated by the Trinità dei Monti church at the top. The monumental stairway of 174 steps (the slightly elevated drainage system is often mistaken for the first step) was built with French diplomat Étienne Gueffier’s bequeathed funds of 20,000 "scudi", in 1723–1725, linking the Bourbon Spanish Embassy, and the Trinità dei Monti church
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