The functional element that provides vertical connections, which we call the staircase, has long and firmly entered our lives. Now they can be bought or ordered in any store and specialized workshop. But our article presents real architectural monuments that adorn the cities and help to climb the mountain peaks. We begin our tour to find out where the longest staircase in the world is located.
11 longest stairs in the world:
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The Potemkin Stairs
Let's start with the sights of Ukraine, located in Odessa. From the first days of its foundation, the city on the Black Sea coast was built according to ancient patterns, and therefore the trapezoidal staircase became its main decoration.
It was laid and built in the first half of the 19th century, and it consists of 10 marches and 192 steps. Initially, there were 200, but with the expansion of the port, the first 9 steps lost.
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Jacob's ladder
In 1829, in Jamestown, which is located on St. Helena, a steep staircase appeared with an elevation angle of 45 °. At the top of the mountain was a military garrison, and it connected it with the city.
It has 699 steps, and a height of 200 m. Locals say that when it rises, it breaks the heart, and when you descend it will break your neck.
Indeed, it is so steep that only courageous people with strong nerves decide to climb or go down it.
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Mountain spiral
Another attraction is not for the faint of heart. At the foot of Taihang Mountain in Linzhou, China, spiraling steps take tourists straight to the sky.
The height of the miraculous structure is 92 m, and only people with excellent health and not older than 60 years old are allowed on it. Rising, without risk to life, you can feel all the charms of mountaineering, without special equipment.
A strong wind knocks down halfway, and the structure itself begins to creak. There is an observation deck at the top, with the bark you can see all the charms of the mountain range.
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To the threshold of the clock tower
The dizzying sights of Europe are continued by the staircase leading to the clock tower in the Austrian town of Graz. In the photo there is a steep stepped structure running up to a height of 70 m.
A zigzag structure of 260 steps begins on the Schlossbergplatz square and leads directly to the top of the hill, where the famous tower stands.
It was built for strategic purposes, so that the shortest path could get to the defenses of the city. In addition to the tower, on top, tourists can explore the ruins of an ancient fortress and castle.
By the way, on our site thebiggest.ru there is a fascinating article about the TOP 10 most enduring medieval castles.
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Gastelugache staircase
The small island of Gastelugache lies in the Bay of Biscay, and is connected to mainland Spain by a man-made bridge.
There is only one building on the island. This is the chapel of Doniene Gaztelugatxeko, built in the 10th century and consecrated in honor of John the Baptist.
There is another attraction here - a 241 step staircase. It passes over the bridge over the bay, and then leads tourists to the ancient monastery of the X century.
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Stone miracle of the Inca capital
High in the mountains, at an altitude of almost 2,500 m above sea level, majestic buildings and structures of the Inca city Machu Picchu are spread.
During the study, many objects were discovered, including a magnificent stone staircase, created about 500 years ago.
Paved with flat stones, it leads to the sacred square, rising through the terraces along the granite slope to the top of the cliff. At the top lies a polygonal stone of "intuatana". The Incas called it "The place where the sun is attached."
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Mount de Buren
In the Belgian city of Liege in 1881, a 374-step staircase was erected. From the city block, soldiers climbed up to the fortress located on the top of the hill, and therefore it is often called the “soldier’s staircase”.
Now, on the site of the military garrison, there is a magnificent park. On the spans of the structure, relaxation areas with comfortable benches are provided.
At the top of the hill offers a picturesque view of the historical part of Liege and the embankments of the Meuse River.
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Wooden miracle
Over 1,600 m, there are 4,444 steps of the longest wooden staircase on the planet. It is located in the power station of the small Norwegian town of Flörli.
It was erected at the beginning of the twentieth century, and now it is an object of historical heritage of Norway. When it rises, it creaks, and its total height is 760 m.
Having risen to the very top, you can see the beauty of the Norwegian fjords, as well as enjoy the splendor of an old building in the art nouveau style.
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Gates of heaven
There are many natural wonders in Asia, one of which is located on Taimen Mountain in China. This is the tallest cave called the Heaven's Gate.
Climb to a natural attraction by 999 steps of an unusual mountain staircase. Rising, you can enjoy the magnificent mountain scenery, and the very number of steps is considered sacred in the Middle Kingdom.
Those who are weak in health and do not dare to extreme climb, thebiggest.ru editors advise to climb the funicular.
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Chand-Baori Well
It is worth paying attention to the unique complex in India, located near the small village of Abereri.
The architectural ensemble is a symmetrical well, extending to a depth of 30 m, a kind of inverted pyramid consists of 3,500 steps.
You can go down to the water along them, and on one side of the well there is a room with magnificent carved sculptures and magnificent columns.
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Mount Nizen
The longest staircase in the world is located in the Swiss Alps and has 11 674 steps. Moreover, it is the longest ever created in the history of mankind.
Its length is 3.5 km, and it is located at an altitude of 1,670 m above sea level. The entrance for tourists is closed, and only workers use it. Tourists, in order to climb to the top of the mountain, are offered to use the funicular, whose paths are laid parallel to the engineering miracle.
One day a year on the stairs are competitions among runners. Nearly 500 athletes compete who first climbs the summit in steep steps.
photo of the longest stairs in Russian cities
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Moscow
There are 121 steps in the long Moscow staircase, but the capital of Russia is more famous for its metro, in which about 800 stairs function. And this is without taking into account escalators.
They are decorated with decorative mosaics, graceful sculptures, and the arches above them are luxurious frescoes and ceramics. The Moscow Metro is a kind of transformer that can transform into an underground city. During the war years, shops, pharmacies, cinemas worked here.
And the location of the deepest metro in the world on our site thebiggest.ru can be found in this article.
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St. Petersburg
The most beautiful city in the world is famous for its magnificent monuments of history and architecture, and in the Pavlovsk park there is a beautiful and large stone staircase.
At the foot are sculptures of lions. Two of them are made of marble, and two were cast of cast iron. It was built in 1799. From the top there are wonderful views of the entire park. She suffered during the years of World War II, but it was quickly restored.
On most-beauty.ru there is a very interesting article about the most beautiful stairs in the world. We highly recommend looking at these works of art.
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Permian
In Perm, the longest city staircase connects the Vyshka II residential community and the Solikamsk tract. In 2011, it was restored, and now more than 5 thousand people use it daily.
It was built for employees of the Machine-Building Plant, and then they took the unique engineering structure to the balance of the city. Man-made spans can significantly reduce the distance from the “upper” to the “lower” points of the Motovilikhinsky district of Perm.
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Murmansk
The port city was built on terraces, and therefore it has many stairs, but the longest step structure in the Russian northern city connects Sasha Kovalev Street and leads to the Nizhnerostinsky highway.
The staircase has 429 steps, and its length can be judged by those who use this design every day. It was built in the late 70s of the twentieth century. It rises above the green hill, and today has become one of the main attractions of the city.
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Chkalovskaya ladder
In the historical part of Nizhny Novgorod, on the site of the Volga slope, in 1949 a beautiful long staircase was inaugurated. It is built in the form of an eight, and all the spans contain 506 steps. Spans descend to the Volga, where the boat "Hero".
At the top of the hill was a monument to the celebrated Soviet pilot Valery Chkalov, which is why she got her name. Near the St. George Tower of the ancient Kremlin. Until 2014, it was the longest in Russia, but with the accession of Crimea it lost its record status.
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From the monastery to the beach
The longest staircase in the Crimea and in Russia was laid on Cape Fiolent near the St. George Monastery near Sevastopol. According to legend, the Orthodox church was founded on a rocky cape in 891, but the stairs are much younger.
At the end of the 19th century, for convenience, a staircase of 785 steps was cut down in the rock. It descends to the seashore with a kind of serpentine, surrounded by thickets of juniper. There are several viewing platforms at the construction, from which magnificent views of the sea bay and coastal cliffs open.
Conclusion
So we learned a lot about this amazing design that was invented by ancient people. And most importantly, they learned how many steps are in the longest staircase on the planet and to the top of what mountain of Switzerland he leads.
TheBiggest editors are waiting for you to comment on the longest stairs. Perhaps you will tell us some more interesting places with stairs!
Article author: Valery Skiba