The Vatican City

Nume: Bundă Ciprian

Clasa: a IX-a E
Profesor: Ioniță Aurelia
Colegiul Național ,,Mihai Eminescu’’
 The Vatican City is an independent is an independent city-
state located within Rome, Italy. With an area of 44 hectares, and
a population of about 1,000 people, it is the smallest state in the
world by both area and population.
 The Vatican is ruled by the pope who is, religiously speaking,
the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church. The current
pope of The Vatican City is Pope Francis, born on the 17th of
December,1936.

-Pope Pius IX, is the

pope with the longest
verifiable reign-

-Pope Francis-
 The territory of Vatican City is part of the Mons Vaticanus, and of
the adjacent former Vatican Fields. It is in this territory that St. Peter's
Basilica, the Apostolic Palace, the Sistine Chapel, and museums
were built, along with various other buildings.
 As the Vatican City is a neutral state, it has no armed forces of its
own, although the Swiss Guard is a military corps of the Holy See
responsible for the personal security of the Pope, and resident in the
state.

-Pontifical Swiss Guard in -A guard of the Vatican at

his traditional uniform- his sentry box-
 More wine is drunk per person in the Vatican City than in any
other country in the world, according to statistics released by the
California Wine Institute. The figures show that residents of the
Vatican consume 74 litres of wine on average – roughly equivalent
to 105 bottles over the course of a year.
  Vatican City is home to some of the most famous art in the
world. For example, St. Peter's Basilica is a renowned work
of Renaissance architecture, while The Sistine Chapel is famous for
its frescos, as well as the ceiling and Last
Judgment by Michelangelo.

Michelangelo's
frescos on
the Sistine
Chapel ceiling

Michelangelo’s The Vatican

Pietà Museums
 In 1984, the Vatican was added by UNESCO to the List of World
Heritage Sites; it is the only one to consist of an entire state.

360 degree view of the Vatican

 Overall, the Vatican City is a beautiful tourist destination for both the
curious pilgrims and the art lovers all over the world, and is a worthwhile
location to visit if you have the time ( and money, of course).
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