Staircase of the King of Aragon
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The king of Aragon staircase ( Corsican Scali di u rè d'Aragona , French Escalier du Roi d'Aragon ) into the place Bonifacio on the island of Corsica , a limestone - cliff down.
location
The staircase is located in the extreme south of the island on the Strait of Bonifacio , which separates Corsica from Sardinia , on the Mediterranean or Tyrrhenian Sea .
Seen from a boat or ship from the sea it looks like a dark sloping line over the entire height of the cliff , as if a pipe had been embedded in the rock.
history
Cut by people directly into the limestone cliffs of Bonifacio's cliff , the staircase consists of 187 steps and has an incline of approximately 45 °.
Legend has it that it was carved into the rock in a single night by the troops of the King of Aragon, Alfonso V, after the siege of Bonifacio in 1420. It is more likely that the construction took longer and was done by Franciscans who wanted to provide access to a source of drinking water at the foot of the stairs.
