Category: Vatican city

The name Vatican City was first used in the Lateran Treaty, signed on 11 February 1929, which established the modern city-state named after Vatican Hill, the geographic location of the state within the city of Rome. “Vatican” is derived from the name of an Etruscan settlement, Vatica or Vaticum, located in the general area the […]

Vatican City , officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae),is an independent city-state and enclave surrounded by Rome, Italy.Also known simply as the Vatican, the state became independent from Italy in 1929 with the Lateran Treaty, and it is a distinct territory under “full ownership, exclusive dominion, […]