点评:An 18th century artistic way to provide a way to climb the steep slope of 30 meters height from the spanish square with the Bernini boat fountain to the french church of Trinite-des-monts situated over the Pincio hill.
The 135 steps stairway is composed of 11 ramps of 12 steps each, and balustrades connecting between them in a butterfly-like shape and giving way to relaxation and enjoyment.
The stairs may be considered a Roman bridge between the French and the Spanish presences in the city. Ironically it is called spanish yet it was paid by the french, mastered by an italian!
The status of the stairs required several restoration processes and the stairs faced some nasty incidents including cars descending the stairs, which caused even more troubles. The authorities are taking strict measures including the prohibition of eating and drinking on the stairs or causing any harm to them with severe fines for any miss-conduct.
The stairs are still considered a romantic place especially for tourists, and they are sometimes filled with azalias for a few weeks in spring and they appeared in many famous movies and video clips. Also the house where the english poet Keats spent his last years, now turned into a museum, is right beside the stairs.
The square itself takes the form of 2 triangles meeting at the summits where there is also the column of the Immaculate Conception, a roman column with a bronze statue of the Virgin on top dating from the 19th century.
翻译:这是18世纪时的一种巧妙设计:它提供了从西班牙广场(那里有贝尔尼尼设计的船形喷泉)攀登至皮恩齐奥山上法国圣三一教堂的途径,全程需翻越30米高的陡峭斜坡。
这条拥有135级台阶的阶梯由11段、每段12级构成的斜坡组成,各段之间以栏杆相连,整体呈蝴蝶状,为人们提供了休憩与欣赏美景的空间。
可以说,这段阶梯便是罗马城内法国势力与西班牙势力之间的“桥梁”。具有讽刺意味的是,它虽被称作“西班牙楼梯”,但实际上是由法国人出资、意大利人来监造的!
由于年久失修,这座楼梯需要经过多次修复;它还遭遇过一些糟糕的事件,比如有汽车冲下楼梯,从而引发了更多麻烦。目前当局正在采取严厉措施:禁止在楼梯上饮食或做任何可能对其造成损害的行为,违者将被处以高额罚款。这些楼梯至今仍被视为一个浪漫的地方,尤其深受游客喜爱。每年春天,楼梯周围会有数周时间开满杜鹃花。它们还曾出现在许多著名电影和音乐视频中。此外,英国诗人济慈度过晚年的那所房子如今已改为博物馆,它就在楼梯旁边。
广场本身呈两个三角形相连的形状,两三角形的顶点处立着无染原罪纪念柱。一根罗马式石柱,柱顶有一尊19世纪制作的圣母玛利亚铜像。