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If you love public staircases, you should probably spend a few days in Perugia, Italy†. Explained a bit here: https://www.chasingtheunexpected.com/perugia-medi

If you love public staircases, you should probably spend a few days in Perugia, Italy†. Explained a bit here: https://www.chasingtheunexpected.com/perugia-medieval-city/ https://www.chasingtheunexpected.com/perugia-medieval-city/ †: I lived there for 6 months in 2005. A lovely small Italian college town (small city) that is nothing but hills and medieval staircases, alleys, and arches. It feels like living in an Escherian or Borgesian maze. It's wonderful.

stemlord 5y ago
Nice. Lisbon is also notable for its staircases.
ianbicking 5y ago
A while ago I was perusing the hillside communities in Lima, Peru on Google Maps [1] It's pretty rough. But it made me wonder if some of these now quaint hillside communities in Italy would have felt more like Lima. Now they've reached a certain mythic quality, but at one time the higher up you were probably the lower class (because access is annoying and difficult), and what is now well maintained may have been more crude and decayed. Another bit of weird hillside architecture [2] [1] https://www.google.com/maps/@-12.0647469,-77.001966,3a,75y,136.14h,94.41t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sWyLQyj7-xLX2Zkbkod3Qqg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en-US https://www.google.com/maps/@-12.0647469,-77.001966,3a,75y,1... [2] https://www.google.com/maps/@-12.0658476,-76.9996591,3a,75y,19.86h,96.13t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKS3BoX20wuqUrJw6Q0EuJA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656?hl=en-US https://www.google.com/maps/@-12.0658476,-76.9996591,3a,75y,...