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Papal States
The Papal States were a swath of central-Italian territories ruled directly by the popes from 756 to 1870, forming both a temporal kingdom and the institutional backbone of medieval Christendom before succumbing to the forces of Italian unification.
GeographySpanish Steps
The Spanish Steps in Rome, Italy, are a grand staircase connecting the Piazza di Spagna at the base and the Piazza Trinità dei Monti at the top, dominated by the Trinità dei Monti church, and are one of the city's most iconic landmarks.