Piazza di Spagna (Piazza di Francia in 1600), is one of the most famous squares in Rome (Italy). It is named after the Palazzo di Spagna, the headquarters of the Spanish Embassy.
It is at the bottom of the grand staircase of the eighteenth century Trinità dei Monti, in the district of the boutiques of Rome, with Via Condotti, Via del Corso, Via Borgognona, Via Frattina and Via del Babuino …
In the middle of the square is the famous Fontana della Barcaccia, dating from the early Baroque, sculpted by Pietro Bernini and his son, the most famous Gian Lorenzo Bernini .