Vatican

It covers an area of 0.44 square kilometers.

Population 1380, the resident population is only 540. Ethnic composition: Mainly Italian.

Religion: Catholicism is the state religion, the center of Catholicism in the world and the seat of the Pope.

Language: Italian and Latin.

Currency: lira

National flower: Bai Baihe.

brief history

Vatican means "land of prophets" in Latin. As early as the 4th century A.D., Pope Constantine established Constantine Cathedral at the martyrdom of St Peter, a disciple of Jesus in the northwest corner of Rome. From 15 to 16 century, Constantine Cathedral was transformed into St. Petersburg Cathedral, which became the place where the Catholic Church held the most solemn ceremony. In 756 AD, Pippin, the king of Frank, ceded Rome and its surrounding areas to the Pope. Since then, the power of the Pope has been expanding day by day, and a papal state with the Pope as the monarch has appeared in central Italy. After the resurrection of 1870, the Pope was forced to retreat to the Vatican Palace in the northwest corner of Rome. From 65438 to 0929, the Italian government signed the Rutland Treaty with Pope Pope Pius XI, and Italy recognized the Vatican as a sovereign country, whose sovereignty belongs to the Pope. The Vatican is a neutral country and its territory is sacred and inviolable.

In the middle of the 8th century AD, Pippin, King of Frank, presented Rome and its surrounding areas to the Pope who ruled Rome, and soon established a papal state. /kloc-After the middle of the 0/9th century, the papacy was withdrawn in risorgimento, forcing the pope to retreat to the Vatican. 1929, Italy recognized the Vatican as a sovereign state, and the sovereignty belongs to the Pope.