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PIAZZA
DI SPAGNA:
Moses and David
at the Column of the Immacolata, erected in 1854 in the
southeast part of the Piazza.The Spanish Steps (Scalinata di
Spagna) in Rome ramp a steep slope between the Piazza di
Spagna at the base and the church Trinità dei Monti above.
The monumental stairway, of 138 steps, was built with French
diplomat Stefano Gueffier’s funds (20,000 scudi) in
1723–1725, linking the Bourbon Spanish embassy to the Holy
See, today still located in the piazza below
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