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Vatican

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Vatican

Location

It is located in Rome, the capital of Italy.

Area

About 0.49km2

Capital (approximate population)

Vatican City(825)

Population

およそ825人

Racial Composition

Language

Italian

Religion

catholic
- St. Peter's Basilica
- Cappella Sistina
- Cappella Niccolina

Culture

It has a distinctive culture as the Holy See of the Pope of Roman Catholicism.
- Pinacoteca - Musei Vaticani
- Piazza San Pietro
- Pio Clementino Museum
- Necropoli di San Pietro
- Giardini Vaticani
- Museo Gregoriano Egizio
- Museo Chiaramonti

Education

Vatican City State does not have primary education, but operates over 15 institutions of higher education. Most of these schools are outside the walls of the Vatican.
- Pontificia Universita Gregoriana
- Pontificia Universita della Santa Croce
- Pontificia Universita Lateranense
- Universita Pontificia Salesiana
- Pontificia Universita Urbaniana
- Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas - Angelicum


- Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Overview of Vatican Modern and Contemporary History

1870 France withdraws in the Franco-Prussian War, Italy occupies Vatican and makes it Italian territory
1870-1929 "Prisoner of the Vatican" (The Pope retreats to the Vatican)
1929 Lateran Treaty signed between Mussolini's Italy and Pope Pius XI. Italy recognizes Vatican independence

Politics

The Pope is the sovereign ruler of the state and absolute monarch with absolute power over the executive, legislative and judicial branches of Vatican City.
- Palazzo Apostolico

GDP per capita

Economy

It is financially supported by tourism and pilgrimages to museums.


Europe

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