| |  | | | Vatican City | Latitude: 41.9 N Longitude: 12.45 E Capital: Vatican City | | | | | | | | Travel in Vatican City A total of 27 members have visited 4 locations in Vatican City. Together they have written 6 travel stories and uploaded 186 pictures from Vatican City. Last visit in Vatican City was made 2007-07-13 by brooksyo who was in Vatican City. Have you been to Vatican City? Click here to join and share your pictures and stories. |
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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  | 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... |
| | | |  | Papal Gardens | | All of us men who arrived in Rome early to study Italian in our respective locations (Assisi, Siena, and Verbania) had the privilege of visiting the Papal gardens to pray a rosary in honor of St. Mart... |
| | | |  | 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... |
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