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
Exorcist steps D.C. and film history. Joggers and local crew teams commonly use the "Exorcist" steps for cardio-respiratory exercise. Exorcist steps "The Exorcist" steps, located in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., are famous for being featured in the film "The Exorcist". The stone steps at the corner of Prospect St NW and 36th St NW leading down to M Street NW in Georgetown were built by Capital Traction Company in 1895 during construction of the adjacent Car Barn. For "The Exorcist", the steps were padded with ½"-thick rubber to film the death of the character Father Damien Karras. Because the house