Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State, is a landlocked sovereign state and city-state. It is surrounded by Rome, the capital city of Italy, which it was historically a part of. It became independent from the Kingdom of Italy in 1929 with the Lateran Treaty. It is governed by the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity under international law, which maintain…
Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State, is a landlocked sovereign state and city-state. It is surrounded by Rome, the capital city of Italy, which it was historically a part of. It became independent from the Kingdom of Italy in 1929 with the Lateran Treaty. It is governed by the Holy See, itself a sovereign entity under international law, which maintains its temporal power, governance, diplomacy, and spiritual independence. Vatican is also used as a metonym for the pope, the Holy See, and the Roman Curia.
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