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
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