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In the middle of the square rises the
obelisk point of convergence of different roads. Roman
imitation of the Egyptian obelisks, it dates back to
the Imperial age, it came from the Gardens of Sallustio,
but it was put here as element of link between the church
and the stairway.
The hieroglyphs were carved in Rome
imitating those of the obelisk of Piazza del Popolo.
At the corner formed by the convergence of Sistina Street
and Gregorian Street stands Palazzetto Zuccari, planned
by Federico Zuccari and known with the appellative of
"house of the monsters" because the windows
on the sides are modelled on mouths of monsters. Here
lived the queen of Poland Maria Sobiesky.
Proscenium to the church is the monumental
stairway of the church Trinità dei Monti planned
in 1726 by Francesco De Sanctis and realized completely
in travertine marble. He chose as reference and for
inspiration the number three, in honour of the church
of the Trinity, De Sanctis created a flight of steps
divided in three parts which unite and then converge
immediately in two opposite directions in an alternation
of convexity and concavity of the walls, of the staircases
and of its squares.
Since1951 in April andMay a great exhibition
of azaleas gives to the stairway a particular fascination |
