| | | | | Vatican City | Latitude: 41.9 N Longitude: 12.45 E Capital: Vatican City | | | | | | | | Travel in Vatican City A total of 32 members have visited 6 locations in Vatican City. Together they have written 9 travel stories and uploaded 296 pictures from Vatican City. Last visit in Vatican City was made 2009-10-28 by Krapulax who was in Vatican City. Have you been to Vatican City? Click here to join and share your pictures and stories. |
| | | Short introduction to Vatican City
Popes in their secular role ruled much of the Italian peninsula for more than a thousand years until the mid 19th century, when many of the Papal States were seized by the newly united Kingdom of Italy. In 1870, the pope's holdings were further circumscribed when Rome itself was annexed. Disputes between a series of "prisoner" popes and Italy were resolved in 1929 by three Lateran Treaties, which established the independent state of Vatican City and granted Roman Catholicism special status in Italy. In 1984, a concordat between the Vatican and Italy modified certain of the earlier treaty provisions, including the primacy of Roman Catholicism as the Italian state religion. Present concerns of the Holy See include the failing health of Pope John Paul II, interreligious dialogue and reconciliation, and the adjustment of church doctrine in an era of rapid change and globalization. About 1 billion people worldwide profess the Catholic faith.
Source: World Factbook |
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Travel stories from Vatican City  | Consistory | | Friday, March 24, 2006 Pope Benedict XVI created 15 cardinals (from all over the world including: U.S.A., Italy, Spain, S. Korea, Ghana, Poland, France, Philippines, Venezuela, and China) at the cons... |
| | | |  | Crazy, scooters, gelati, beard no more | | vienna-austria
pretty awesome architecture-heaps of sculptures and cool lookin buildings. habsburgs old palace grand ballroom was the highlight-gold everywhere. did luv the west european efficiency... |
| | | |  | Vatican Museum | | We woke up early had breakfast with our fellow pilgrims at Villa Aurelia. We headed out this morning to go to the Vatican Museums. We waited a while in line. (the musuem is closed Monday the 15th). ... |
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| | | Vatican City external links
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