The confidential archives of the Vatican are one of the top ten most mysterious and unknown forbidden places in the world. It is estimated that the shelves of Vatican confidential documents are 52 miles long, and there are 35,000 volumes of catalogues for reference only. Files can only be read, not entered the archives. This archive room has no other secrets except the name "Confidential". You can view the files you want, but you are not qualified to access them. You must submit an application for reading the document in advance, and then the archives will show it to you.

The Vatican hired the Swiss Guard, the most loyal papal guard in the world. Since it was reorganized into the Swiss Guard, it has maintained a scale of 65,438+000 people. The uniforms of the Swiss Guard are often misunderstood as designed by Michelangelo. In fact, the modern uniform was designed by Jules Repond, the captain of Swiss guards, in 19 14.

16 12, Pope Paul V established the Vatican Secret Archives. Because Christianity was persecuted in the early days of its rise, the church has always had a strong demand to preserve its own history, so this archives was born. The "secret" in secret files actually means "private", which means that these files belong only to the Pope himself. Every 30 or 35 years, embassies belonging to the Holy See all over the world collect all their files in Rome. There are also some materials from Vatican, religious groups, courts and offices: hundreds of materials have been added to existing archives like snowflakes.

Therefore, the earliest documents in the Vatican's confidential archives can only be traced back to the 8th and 9th centuries: the papal bulletin is the oldest record of church regulations; There is also an 809 parchment which records the donation to a church in Verona, Italy.