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Encyclopedia: Vatican City

Vatican City, officially State of the Vatican City (Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae; Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano), is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. At approximately 44 hectares (108.7 acres), it is the smallest independent nation in the world.^[1]

It was created in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty as a vestige of the much larger Papal States (756 to 1870). Vatican City is a non-hereditary, elected monarchy that is ruled by the Bishop of Rome — the Pope. The highest state functionaries are all clergymen of the Catholic Church. It is the sovereign territory of the Holy See (Latin:Sancta Sedes) and the location of the Apostolic Palace — the Pope's official residence — and the Roman Curia. Thus, while the principal ecclesiastical seat (Cathedral) of the Pope as Bishop of Rome (the Basilica of St. John Lateran) is located outside of its walls, in Rome, Vatican City can be said to be the governmental capital of the Catholic Church.

Translations

How to say "Vatican City" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	梵蒂冈
	(Japanese)	バチカン
	(German)	Vatikanstadt
	(Spanish)	Ciudad del Vaticano
	(French)	Vatican
	(Italian)	Città del Vaticano

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Saint Peter's Square

Saint Peter's Square Saint Peter's Square is in Vatican City in front of St. Peter's Basilica...

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Leochares

Leochares was an Greek sculptor, who lived in the 4th Century B.C. He is theorised as the creator of Apollo Belvedere , which is currently housed in Vatican City...

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Palace of the Vatican

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Concordat

defining the Vatican City Reichskonkordat (1933) between the Holy See and the German Empire...

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Demographics of the Vatican City

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Jesuit Refugee Service

The Jesuit Refugee Service is a Catholic organization that works to accompany, serve and advocate for refugees and forcibly displaced persons. The Service was founded in 1980 as a pastoral work of the Society of Jesus. They are registered as a charitable foundation in the State of the Vatican City...

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Countries bordering the European Union

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1 E5 m²

hectares -- Irish National Botanic Gardens 44 hectares -- Vatican City Areas larger than 1 km² See...

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on the site of Vatican City, where St. Peter's tomb was supposed to be. Births Deaths Crispus, son...

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Italian peninsula

of Italy in the NW Vatican City, which is an enclave in the Italian city of Rome The name Apennine...

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