Vatican City is itself of great cultural significance. Buildings such as St. Peter's Basilica and the Sistine Chapel are home to some of the most famous...

overview of and introduction to Vatican City: Vatican City – an ecclesiastical or sacerdotal-monarchical state, being the sovereign territory of the Holy...

As the seat of the Papacy, the Vatican City and its predecessor, the Papal States, has played an important role in the development of Christian music...

Vatican City (/ˈvætɪkən/ ), officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), is a landlocked...

The geography of Vatican City is unique due to the country's position as an urban, landlocked enclave of Rome, Italy. With an area of 49 hectares (120...

Library or informally as the Vat, is the library of the Holy See, located in Vatican City, and is the city-state's national library. It was formally established...

of Vatican City. It consists of a president, who also holds the title of President of the Governorate of Vatican City State and serves as the head of...

The Vatican Museums (Italian: Musei Vaticani; Latin: Musea Vaticana) are the public museums of Vatican City, enclave of Rome. They display works from...

The economy of Vatican City is mainly supported financially by the sale of stamps, coins, medals, and tourist mementos as well as fees for admission to...

Vatican City has become one of the world's most striking architecture through several centuries and a world cultural heritage. The area of the Vatican...

Vatican City uses Italian in its official documents and as its main working language. However, many other languages are also used by institutions situated...

Gardens of Vatican City (Latin: Horti Civitatis Vaticanae), also informally known as the Vatican Gardens (Italian: Giardini Vaticani) in Vatican City, are...

of Vatican City was adopted in 1929, the year Pope Pius XI signed the Lateran Treaty with Italy, creating the new independent state of Vatican City governed...

Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Vatican Film Library Vatican City portal List of archives List of museums in Vatican City Culture of Vatican City...

The coat of arms of Vatican City is the coat of arms of adopted by Vatican City's Fundamental Law on 7 June 1929; this coat of arms is defined by law...

in Vatican City, as published each year by the Prefecture of the Pontifical Household. These largely correspond to events in the liturgical year of the...

Diocese of Rome, which has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over the worldwide Catholic Church and sovereignty over the city-state known as the Vatican City. As...

The law of Vatican City State consists of many forms, the most important of which is the canon law of the Catholic Church. The organs of state are governed...

The Vatican City State is a neutral nation, which has not engaged in any war since its formation in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty. It has no formal military...

politics of Vatican City take place in a framework of a theocratic absolute elective monarchy, in which the Pope, religiously speaking, the leader of the Catholic...

member of either the European Union or the European Economic Area, the Vatican City maintains an open border with Italy and is treated as part of the Schengen...

5% of the citizenry of Vatican City. According to the Herald Sun in March 2011, there were only 32 females out of 572 citizens issued with Vatican passports...

Crime in the Vatican City consists largely of purse snatching, pick-pocketing and shoplifting perpetrated by tourists upon other tourists. The tourist...

Papal Anthem also serves as the national anthem of the Holy See and the Vatican City State, the Vatican stresses that it "is not to be understood as a...

The post of Governor of the Vatican City State (Italian: Governatore dello Stato della Città del Vaticano) was held by Marchese Camillo Serafini from...

This is a list article about sport in the Vatican City. The Vatican City is not a member of the International Olympic Committee and is therefore not able...

Telephone numbers in Vatican City are integrated into the Italian telephone numbering plan. The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has assigned...

Vatican museums, and St. Peter's Basilica. To commemorate the occasion of its total institutional domination of Europe's art and culture, the Vatican...

commemorate Easter, the Vatican Post issued a postal stamp depicting the sculpture. Index of Vatican City-related articles List of statues of Jesus Associated...

central repository in the Vatican City of all acts promulgated by the Holy See. The Pope, as the sovereign of Vatican City, owns the material held in...