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District of Rome
Latium - Italy

Geography of Vatican City

The geography of Vatican City is unique due to the country's position as an urban, landlocked enclave of Rome, Italy. With an area of 0.17 sq mi, it is the world's smallest independent state. Outside the Vatican City, thirteen buildings in Rome and Castel Gandolfo (the pope's summer residence) enjoy extraterritorial rights. (One building, the Paul VI Audience Hall, straddles the border, but its Italian portion has extraterritorial rights.

Located at 41.9028, 12.4525 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Geography of Vatican City

Vatican City

Vatican City Listen/ˈvætɨkən ˈsɪti/, or Vatican City State, in Italian officially Stato della Città del Vaticano, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. It has an area of approximately 44 hectares, and a population of just over 800. This makes Vatican City the smallest internationally recognized independent state in the world by both area and population.

Located at 41.904, 12.453 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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St. Peter's Basilica

St. Peter's Basilica (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), officially known in Italian as Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano or Basilica Papale di San Pietro is a Late Renaissance church located within Vatican City. Designed principally by Donato Bramante, Michelangelo, Carlo Maderno and Gian Lorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's is the most renowned work of Renaissance architecture and remains one of the largest churches in the world.

Located at 41.9022, 12.4533 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Pietà (Michelangelo)

This article is about the earliest and best-known Pietà by Michelangelo. For three related sculptures see the Florentine Pietà or The Deposition (Michelangelo), the Rondanini Pietà, and the Palestrina Pietà. Pietà 300px Artist Michelangelo Year 1498–1499 Type Marble Dimensions 174 cm × 195 cm (68.5 in × 76.8 in) Location St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City The Pietà (1498–1499) is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City.

Located at 41.9022, 12.4533 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Vatican Museums

The Vatican Museums, located inside the Vatican City State, are among the greatest museums in the world, since they display works from the immense collection built up by the Roman Catholic Church throughout the centuries including some of the most renowned classical sculptures and most important masterpieces of Renaissance art in the world. Pope Julius II founded the museums in the early 16th century.

Located at 41.9064, 12.4544 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Vatican Hill

Vatican Hill is a hill located across the Tiber river from the traditional seven hills of Rome. It is the location of St. Peter's Basilica.

Located at 41.9036, 12.4503 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Vatican Library

The Vatican Apostolic Library (Latin: Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana), more commonly called simply the Vatican Library, is the library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City. It is one of the oldest libraries in the world and contains one of the most significant collections of historical texts. Formally established in 1475, though in fact much older, it has 75,000 codices from throughout history.

Located at 41.9047, 12.4544 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Saint Peter's tomb

Saint Peter's tomb is a site under St. Peter's Basilica that includes several graves and a structure said by Vatican authorities to have been built to memorialize the location of St. Peter's grave. St. Peter's tomb is near the west end of a complex of mausoleums that date between about AD 130 and AD 300. The complex was partially torn down and filled with earth to provide a foundation for the building of the first St. Peter's Basilica during the reign of Constantine I in about AD 330.

Located at 41.9022, 12.4533 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Vatican Radio

Vatican Radio is the official broadcasting service of the Vatican. Set up in 1931 by Guglielmo Marconi, today its programs are offered in 47 languages, and are sent out on short wave, medium wave, FM, satellite and the Internet. The Jesuit Order has been charged with the management of Vatican Radio since its inception.

Located at 41.9039, 12.45 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Pontifical academy

A pontifical academy is an academic honorary society established by or under the direction of the Holy See. Some were in existence well before they were accepted as "Pontifical.

Located at 41.9042, 12.4525 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Pontifical Academy of Sciences

The Pontifical Academy of Sciences (Latin Pontificia Academia Scientiarum) is a scientific academy of the Vatican, established in 1936 by Pope Pius XI. It is placed under the protection of the reigning Supreme Pontiff. Its aim is to promote the progress of the mathematical, physical and natural sciences and the study of related epistemological problems.

Located at 41.9042, 12.4525 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Charity with Four Children (Bernini)

Charity with Four Children is a sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Executed between 1627 and 1628, the work is housed in the Vatican Museum of Rome. The small sculpture in terracotta represents Charity breast-feeding a child, with three other children playing. There is an imprint of the artist's thumbprint in the clay.

Located at 41.9064, 12.4544 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences

The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences was established in January 1994 by Pope John Paul II. It is headquartered in the Casina Pio IV in the Vatican. Professor Edmond Malinvaud was its first president. The Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences' methods have much in common with the practices developed by Academies all over the world, but it has the special task of entering into dialogue with the Church.

Located at 41.9042, 12.4528 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Holy Ghost Fathers

The Congregation of the Holy Spirit (full title, Congregation of the Holy Spirit under the protection of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, or in Latin, Congregatio Sancti Spiritus sub tutela Immaculati Cordis Beatissimae Virginis Mariae, and thus abbreviated C.S. Sp. ) is a Roman Catholic congregation of priests, lay brothers, and since Vatican II, lay associates.

Located at 41.915, 12.4453 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Casina Pio IV

The Casina Pio IV (or Villa Pia) is a patrician villa in Vatican City which is now home to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. The predecessor of the present complex structure was begun in the spring of 1558 by Pope Paul IV in the Vatican Gardens, west of the Cortile del Belvedere.

Located at 41.9042, 12.4525 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Transport in Vatican City

The transportation system in Vatican City, a country 1.05 km long and 0.85 km wide, is a small transportation system with no airports or highways. Given an average walking speed of 3.6 km/h, Vatican City can be crossed in 20 minutes or less. Thus, much of the infrastructure in the Vatican consists of St. Peter's Square itself, hallways and aisles in the basilica and surrounding buildings, and walkways behind and between the buildings.

Located at 41.9008, 12.4511 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Venus Felix (sculpture)

The Venus Felix is a sculpture of Venus and her son Cupid. It was dedicated by Sallustia and Helpidus to Venus Felix. Its head resembles Faustina the Younger. It is now held at the Museo Pio-Clementino of the Vatican Museums, Rome, and is displayed in the Octagon of the Hermes Hall.

Located at 41.9068, 12.4526 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Valle Aurelia (Rome Metro)

Valle Aurelia is an underground station on line A of the Rome Metro, situated between via Angelo Emo and via Baldo degli Ubaldi. The station was inaugurated in 1999. The station is situated underneath the mainline station of the same name so this station is an interchange with the regional railway FR3.

Located at 41.9031, 12.4417 (Lat. / Lng.), about 4 miles away.
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Cipro (Rome Metro)

Cipro (formerly, Cipro - Musei Vaticani) is an underground station on Line A of the Rome Metro, inaugurated in 1999. The station is situated between via Cipro and via Angelo Emo. The name of the station, meaning Cyprus, comes from the name of the street it opens on: The names of several streets in the area remember places and people related to the history of the Republic of Venice and other Repubbliche Marinare.

Located at 41.9075, 12.4475 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Gardens of Vatican City

The Vatican Gardens in Vatican City are urban gardens and parks which cover more than half of the Vatican territory in the South and Northeast. There are some buildings, such as Radio Vatican, within the gardens. The gardens cover approximately 23 hectares which is most of the Vatican Hill. The highest point is 60 metres above mean sea level. Stone walls bound the area in the North, South and West.

Located at 41.9031, 12.4506 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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St Stephen of the Abyssinians

St Stephen of the Abyssinians (Italian: Santo Stefano degli Abissini) is a Roman Catholic church located in Vatican City. The church dedicated to Stephen the Protomartyr is the national church of Ethiopia. The liturgy is celebrated according to the Alexandrine rite of the Ethiopian Catholic Church. It is the oldest surviving church in the Vatican.

Located at 41.9018, 12.4519 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Vatican Necropolis

The Vatican Necropolis, lies under the Vatican City, at depths varying between 5–12 meters below Saint Peter's Basilica. The Vatican sponsored archeological excavations under Saint Peter's in the years 1940–1949 which revealed parts of a necropolis dating to Imperial times. The work was undertaken at the request of Pope Pius XI who wished to be buried as close as possible to Peter the Apostle. It is also home to the Tomb of the Julii, which has been dated to the third or fourth century.

Located at 41.9023, 12.4533 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Latinitas Foundation

The Latinitas Foundation (Latin: Opus Fundatum Latinitas) was an organisation dedicated to furthering the education of Latin and publication of the articles in the language. It was established in 1976 by Pope Paul VI and was superseded by the Pontifical Academy for Latin which was established in 2012.

Located at 41.9042, 12.4525 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Fontana della Pigna

The Fontana della Pigna or simply Pigna ("The Pine cone") is a former Roman fountain which now decorates a vast niche in the wall of the Vatican facing the Cortile della Pigna, located in Vatican City, in Rome, Italy.

Located at 41.9064, 12.4544 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Mater Ecclesiae (monastery)

Mater Ecclesiae (Latin for Mother of the Church) is a monastery inside Vatican City. The monastery, named after a Catholic title for Mary, is located on the Vatican hill inside the Vatican Gardens and near the Aquilone fountain. The building was erected between 1992 and 1994 in place of an administrative building of the Vatican police. Its structure is incorporated into the Leonine walls.

Located at 41.9038, 12.4511 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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