The Greatest Spiral Staircases

Posted By Lisa McNear on October 21, 2009

Atlas Obscura has compiled the most intriguing, dizzying spiral staircases from around the world.
Spiral Staircases

Unique triple helix spiral staircase in the Museum do Pobo Galego, Spain. Technically, there is no such thing as a spiral staircase - spirals are by their nature flat - and all "spiral" stairs, are actually helical stairs.

Greatest Spiral Staircases

Built in 1635 and looking distinctly eye-like, these were the first geometric self-supporting spiral staircase in Britain.

Greatest Spiral Staircases

The stairs are actually two separate helixes, one leading up and the other leading down, that twist together in a double helix formation.

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