Vatican City contains religious and cultural sites such as St Peter's Basilica, the Sistine Chapel, the Vatican Apostolic Library, and the Vatican Museums. They feature some of the world's most famous paintings and sculptures.
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Vatican City is an ecclesiastical state, the seat of the Roman Catholic Church, and an enclave in Rome, situated on the west bank of the Tiber River. Vatican City is the world’s smallest fully independent nation-state.
Vatican City, an independent city-state surrounded by Rome, governed by the Holy See Vatican Basilica, better known as St. Peter's Basilica Vatican Palace, better known as Apostolic Palace Vatican Hill, in Rome, namesake of Vatican City Ager Vaticanus, an alluvial plain in Rome
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A modest panel that spent decades in the Pope's residence has become the Vatican's latest art-historical surprise. The Vatican has announced that“The Redeemer” (ca. 1590–95), a small oil on wood in ...
Visiting the official website of the Holy See one can browse: the Magisterium of the Supreme Pontiffs; the fundamental texts of Catholicism in various languages (the Sacred Bible, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the documents of the Second Vatican Council and the Code of Canon Law); the documents of Dicasteries, Bodies and Institutions of the Roman Curia.
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The Vatican City, one of the most sacred places in Christendom, attests to a great history and a formidable spiritual venture. A unique collection of artistic and architectural masterpieces lie within the boundaries ...