The King of Aragon’s Staircase—the legendary *Scali d'u Rè d'Aragona*—was one of the most perilous architectural wonders of the ancient world. Carved directly into the sheer face of the bleached limestone cliff in 1420 by the troops of the King of Aragon during the epic siege of Bonifacio, the staircase consisted of one hundred and eighty-seven steep, narrow steps descending at a terrifying sixty-degree angle from the citadel ramparts directly…
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