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Vatican City (/ ˈ v æ t ɪ k ən / ⓘ), officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is a landlocked sovereign country, city-state, microstate, and enclave within Rome, Italy.
1 day ago · Vatican City, ecclesiastical state, seat of the Roman Catholic Church, and an enclave in Rome, situated on the west bank of the Tiber River. Vatican City is the world’s smallest fully independent nation-state.
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Aug 4, 2015 · Vatican City was established in its current form as a sovereign nation with the signing of the Lateran Pacts in 1929. The area off the west bank of the Tiber River that comprises the Vatican was...
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Vatican City ( / ˈvætɪkən / ⓘ ), officially the Vatican City State ( Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae ), is a landlocked sovereign country, city-state, microstate, and enclave within Rome, Italy.
The Italian name for Vatican City is Città del Vaticano, and it’s pronounced chee|TAH del vah|tee|KAH|noh. There is no demonym for people or things from Vatican City, since no one is really “from” there. The capital of Vatican City is… Well, it’s Vatican City. (I told you, it’s small.)
Vatican City, in full State of the Vatican City, Independent papal state, southern Europe, within the commune of Rome, Italy. Area: 109 acres (44 hectares). Population: (2019 est.) 453. Its medieval and Renaissance walls form its boundaries except on the southeast at St. Peter’s Square.
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican (Italian: Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), is a church of the Italian High Renaissance located in Vatican City, an independent microstate enclaved within the city of Rome, Italy.
