Spanish Steps 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 that was under the patronage of the Bourbon kings of France, both located above — to
Spanish Steps Stairs" and the Colosseum. Norwegian singer/songwriter Morten Harket, from A-ha, released a song called "Spanish Steps" on his album "Wild Seed "in 1995. Marc Cohn's song "Walk Through the World", released in 1993 on the album "The Rainy Season", includes the lyric "From the Spanish Steps to the Liberty Bell, I know the angels have seen us." The title song from Guy Clark's "Dublin Blues" album (1995) contains the lyric: "I loved you on the Spanish Steps / The day you said goodbye". North American & Japanese versions of the Mindfields album released in 1999 by American rock band Toto