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SPANISH STEPS "CONTESSA"

An elegant two bedroom/two bathroom apt. with sitting room, separate dining room, kitchen and balconies in an elegant palace near the Spanish Steps (Via dei Greci)
  • Colour TV with satellite aerial
  • air conditioning
  • phone
  • washing machine with dryer
  • iron
  • iron board
  • microwave
Via dei Greci, very near the Spanish Steps, owes its name by the premises built by Pope Gregorius XIII (13th). He founded in fact a college and and the adjacent church of St. Atanasius for the Greek Catholics of Oriental Rite (an order with many traditions in common with the Orthodox). The distinctive feature of the church is its layout, with a large nave, and a transept ending with three apses. The church and the college are united by means of a vaulted corridor, as you can see in the right photo. On the left side of the street at the beginning you find the palace of the Tadolini, a family of scuptors. Interespersed with antiques shops, in the street you also find the Lyon Bookshop, the oldest English bookshop in town, and also the musical academy of St. Cecilia, the most famous in Rome. The quiet little street, where only pedestrians are allowed, ends on Via del Corso.

Via dei Greci, near the Spanish Steps


"Contessa" introduces you in a bright atmosphere of elegance, quiet, space, and attention to detail and to taste. It is situated in one of the few perfectly renovated and "signorile" (mannerly) palaces near the Spanish Steps. The palace has two entrances (one with concierge), and also an internal court. The apartment is situated at the third European floor (4th in the USA), and has *elevator*. If you want to live in Rome like a Contessa... this is the place for you.

The foyer

After the front door you find a very mannerly foyer. As it occurs in all the property, you find here an elegant furniture, a mirror, and an old-fashioned clock. As you can see as soon as you step in the apt., there is wooden floor in all the property (a very tasteful "Iroko" type). From the foyer you access on one side (left) to the bedrooms/bathrooms area. The door in front of you leads to the ample storage room (and possibly to the kitchen thereafter), while the door to right introduces to dining room, and thus to the spacious sitting room.


"Contessa" introduces you in a bright atmosphere of elegance, quiet, space, and attention to detail and to taste. It is situated in one of the few perfectly renovated and "signorile" (mannerly) palaces near the Spanish Steps. The palace has two entrances (one with concierge), and also an internal court. The apartment is situated at the third European floor (4th in the USA), and has *elevator*. If you want to live in Rome like a Contessa... this is the place for you.

The dining room

The ample dining room is furnished with taste. The most important furnitures are a table with chairs for five persons, and a large most elegant chest of drawers with mirror. They are made of Italian cherry wood. You also findpaintings of old masters, plants, a Persian carpet, and a trolley. The dining room has an own large balcony, shared with the kitchen. From the dining room one enters: the kitchen (to the left), and the sitting room (to the right).

Spanish Steps Contessa: the sitting room seen from the dining room

Sitting room: opposite view

The sitting room is very ample (7x5 meters appr. 35 sq. Mts. appr. 350 sq. Ft.). The light coming from three large windows displayes the attention of the proprietors to detail while choosing the furniture and the fittings. You find three sofas, two armchairs and chairs upholstered with velvet, two cherry-wood tables, a nut-wood 18th century consolle complete with mirror, and an 18th century cherry wood desk with chair, three small fine tables with abat-jours (table lamps). You also find paintings of famous masters, a large book case, two Persian carpets, and a wooden cupboard. You also find tasteful and well assorted furnishings (hand-painted vases, silver boxes for candies, old fashioned candlesticks, fine old chinaware, interesting fine books and reviews. The room is also equipped with a large colour TV with satellite dish to see American, European and international channels, with a stereo (with CD player, many CDs are also left by the trustful proprietors), and - like all the property - with air conditioning, supplied by means of a internal blower with silent external engine. Naturally, you find also the radiators of the heating system.







View from the sitting room window


The views from the windows are also interesting. Besides the large court of the palace, including many plants and large vases, you can see the church of St. Atanasios (bordering with the palace), the trees of the nearby Borghese Gardens, and as you can see also the panoramic hot air balloon, stationed in the Gardens.

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