The Spanish Steps on the Piazza di Spagna in Rome

The Palazzo Pichini-Gallo in Rome

Alessandro Specchi (1668 - November 16, 1729) was an Italian architect and etcher. Born in Rome, he trained under Carlo Fontana, specializing also as etcher with a series of vedute of Rome. The Spanish Steps in Rome. ... The Spanish Steps in Rome 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. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban... 1668 (MDCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar). ... November 16 is the 320th day of the year (321st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 45 days remaining. ... Events July 30 - Baltimore, Maryland is founded. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban... Carlo Fontana (Bruciato, Canton Ticino, 1634 or 1638 - Roma 1714) was an Italian architect, sculptor, engineer and author of important writings on the St. ... Etching is an intaglio method of printmaking in which the image is incised into the surface of a metal plate using an acid. ... The River Thames from Somerset House: a classic veduta by Canaletto, 1747. ...

As an architect, he was influenced by Francesco Borromini. His first wajor work was the restoration of the Porto di Ripetta on the Tevere (destroyed in the 20th century and replaced by Rome's Ponte Cavour). Francesco Borromini (September 25, 1599 – August 3, 1667 in Rome) was a prominent and influential Baroque architect, and active in Rome and contemporary with the prolific papal architect and often rival, Gian Lorenzo Bernini. ... Tiber River in Rome The River Tiber (Italian Tevere), the third longest river in Italy (disputed — see talk page) at 406 km (252 miles) after the Po and the Adige, flows through the Campagna and Rome in its course from Mount Fumaiolo to the Tyrrhenian Sea, which it reaches...

In 1711 he became a member of the St. Luke Academy. In 1723 he designed the famous Spanish Steps of Piazza di Spagna, leading to Trinità dei Monti. 1711 (MDCCXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar). ... Accademia di San Luca, the painting academy of Rome, named for the Evangelist Saint Luke, reputed to have made a portrait of the Virgin Mary, who was patron of many painters guilds in the Low Countries and in Italy, was founded in 1593. ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... The Spanish Steps in Rome. ... The Spanish Steps in Rome 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 facade of the church, from the Spanish Steps. ...

References

• Manfredi, T. (1991). "Specchi, Alessandro", In Urbe Architectus, pp. 445-448. 
• Portoghesi, Paolo (1998). Roma barocca, pp. 355-364 and 607-608.