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Spanish Steps, Kalorama, Washington, DC, 2023 (cdn.masto.host)
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Spanish Steps, Kalorama, Washington, DC, 2023.All the pixels, no skateboards allowed, at flickr.com/photos/mattblaze/53#photography

A pedestrian "step street", seen from the bottom, flanked by trees on either side.
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[–] [S] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

DC's Spanish steps, shown here, aren't actually in Spain or in any way Spanish. They're named for the more famous, larger Spanish steps in Rome, which is also not in Spain. Once again, our nation's capital is built on a foundation of deception and lies.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    @mattblaze When I have visited DC that was actually my impression. The architecture felt like a Disneyland version of many of the old European cities that had been part of the old Roman Empire. I was also reminded of that when I visited Skopje in North Macedonia a few years ago, which has undergone a “pseudo-classification” in the 2010s. Because of its location, it felt more like it made sense for those buildings to be there. But they were just as fake. blocal-travel.com/balkans/mace

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    @mattblaze ...as is Rome. Anyways, it is rather usual at least in Austria to name things, mostly streets, after foreign cities and countries -- either because they lead there, or in honour of those countries; Vienna has an "Argentinierstrasse" because Argentina helped Austria out financially during the 1920s/1930s crisis, and a "Mexikoplatz" because Mexiko was the only country to protest when Nazi Germany annexed us. Oh, and a "Spanische Hofreitschule" (with the Lippizans) for some reason.

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